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Business News/ Politics / News/  DMK govt in Tamil Nadu: Stalin releases list of 34 cabinet ministers
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DMK govt in Tamil Nadu: Stalin releases list of 34 cabinet ministers

A Raj Bhavan release on Wednesday said the Governor appointed him as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and invited him to form the ministry
  • The swearing-in ceremony will be held on May 7 at 9 am at Raj Bhavan in Chennai
  • Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president MK Stalin (AFP)Premium
    Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president MK Stalin (AFP)

    Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief MK Stalin, who will take oath as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on Friday, has released a list of 34 ministers to be appointed in the state cabinet along with their portfolios. The list has been approved by Governor Banwarilal Purohit.

    Prominent leaders Duraimurugan, M Subramanian have been allotted key portfolios. Duraimurugan gets water ministry, while Subramanian has been allotted health ministry.

    DMK had fought the elections with its allies and got absolute majority on its own.

    Check who gets what

    Stalin will hold several portfolios including Home, General Administration, Special Initiatives, Special Programme Implementation and Welfare of Differently -Abled Persons.

    Medical and Family Welfare portfolio has been assigned to former Chennai Mayor Ma Subramanian and Water Resources has been given to DMK general secretary S Duraimurugan. Udhayanidhi's close aid Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi has been given charge of School Education department.

    S Raghupathy will handle the law department, R Sakkarapani will be minister for Food and Civil supplies, T Mano Thangaraj of Information Technology and Palanivel Thiagarajan of Finance and Human Resources.

    The ministers include K N Nehru (Minister for Municipal Administration), I Periasamy (Minister for Cooperation), K Ponmudi (Minister for Higher Education), EV Velu (Minister for Public Works), MRK Panneerselvam(Minister for Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare), KKSSR Ramachandran (Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management), Thangam Thennarasu (Minister for Industries), S Muthusamy (Minister for Housing and Urban Development), and K R Periakaruppan (Minister for Rural Development) and T M Anbarasan (Minister for Rural Industries).

    The list also includes MP Saminathan (Minister for Information and Publicity), P Geetha Jeevan (Minister for Social Welfare and Women Empowerment), Anitha S Radhakrishnan (Minister for Fisheries, Fishermen Welfare and Animal Husbandry), SR Rajakannappan (Minister for Transport), K Ramchandran (Minister for Forests), V Senthilbalaji (Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise), R Gandhi (Minister for Handlooms and Textiles), P Moorthy (Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration), and SS Sivasankar (Minister for Backward Classes Welfare).

    It has PK Sekarbabu (Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments), SM Nasar (Minister for Milk and Dairy Development), Ginjee KS Masthan ( Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non-Resident Tamils welfare), Siva V Meyyanathan (Minister for Environment-Climate Change and Youth Welfare and Sports Development), C V Ganesan (Minister for Labour Welfare and Skill Development), M Mathiventhan (Minister for Tourism), and N Kayalvizhi Selvaraj (Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare).

    Swearing-in ceremony will be held at Raj Bhavan tomorrow

    A Raj Bhavan release on Wednesday said the Governor appointed him as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and invited him to form the ministry.

    The swearing-in ceremony will be held on May 7 at 9 am at Raj Bhavan in Chennai.

    Stalin was unanimously elected as legislature party leader on Tuesday.

    DMK won 133 seats on its own in the 234-member assembly and fought the polls in alliance with some other parties including Congress.

    (With inputs from agencies)

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    Published: 06 May 2021, 05:54 PM IST
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