Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has appointed Ladhan Pandit Vetrivel, a long-time private astrologer, because the CM’s Particular Political Delegate (OSD). An official authorities order issued on Tuesday confirmed the appointment with impact from the date of inauguration.
Radhan Pandit is a famend Vedic astrologer and numerologist, however like a lot of the leaders of TVK, together with the CM, he has no administrative expertise. He has over 40 years of expertise as an astrologer and has been an in depth advisor to Vijay for a number of years. His look on the Vijay residence after the vote attracted nationwide consideration.
Radan Pandit has guided the actor-turned-politician by way of a number of vital junctures in his political journey. In 2024 and early 2025, he publicly analyzed Vijay’s horoscope in movies and interviews and predicted a big rise for the newly shaped Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK).
He had earlier stated that Vijay’s astrological chart has “tsunami-like energy” and identified that the get together’s identify strongly matches his numerological profile. Furthermore, he predicted that this could problem the dominance of conventional Dravidian events and finally result in chaos.
Celebration insiders admitted that Mr. Vijay took his recommendation in planning the timing of vital occasions such because the get together’s inauguration, swearing-in ceremony and different get together occasions to make sure a extra auspicious muhurat.
Ladhan Pandit is broadly credited by supporters for offering steering in any respect key phases of Mr. Vijay’s political rise and contributing to TVK’s phenomenal efficiency within the 2026 meeting elections.
A local of Tamil Nadu, he migrated to Delhi in 2008 and adopted the identify Ladhan Pandit. He claims a excessive success fee for his consulting, which covers Vedic astrology, numerology, and meditation strategies. Earlier than getting concerned with Vijay, he was a advisor to former AIADMK chief minister J Jayalalithaa.
Radhan Pandit was Jayalalithaa’s advisor in 1989-1990 and precisely predicted her success within the 1991 elections. He reportedly guided her by way of some troublesome occasions, together with the 1996 election warning, courtroom case, choice of get together candidates and enterprise choices reminiscent of naming Jaya TV. He additionally suggested numerological identify changes to Jayalalithaa’s identify, together with including one other ‘a’. He has maintained hyperlinks with figures like her shut aides Sasikala and TTV Dhinakaran.
Moreover Jayalalithaa, Ladhan Pandit has suggested senior political leaders of a number of political events together with the BJP, Congress, DMK and AIADMK. He claims to be an in depth aide of BJP chief LK Advani and is consulted by company leaders, authorities officers, celebrities, ministers, governors and even people related to the Prime Minister’s Workplace.
His appointment has sparked combined reactions in Tamil Nadu, with critics questioning the formal inclusion of astrologers in authorities roles in a state recognized for its rationalist custom.
Ladhan Pandit’s actual position and tasks within the Prime Minister’s Workplace shall be defined within the coming days.
