MK Stalin, the chief of DMK, today took the oath of office as Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister. The oath-taking was held at Raj Bhavan in Chennai, where the new CM was sworn in by Governor Banwarilal Purohit.
The 68-year-old Stalin’s swearing-in gives the state a DMK government after a gap of 10 years. This is the sixth time in all that the party has formed government in Tamil Nadu.
The party had bagged an absolute majority — 133 seats in the 234-member assembly — in the recently concluded polls, which it had contested in tow with a number of allies including Congress.
As many as 33 other election winners from the party were also sworn in along with Stalin. These include 15 new entrants. Among those sworn in, there were two women ministers.
According to reports by news agencies, the DMK supremo will hold a number of portfolios. These include Home General Administration, Special Initiatives, Special Programme Implementation and Welfare of Differently-Abled Persons.
Here follows a list of prominent ministers who were sworn in today*.
Ma Subramanian: Medical and Family Welfare
S Duraimurugan: Water Resources
Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi: School Education.
S Raghupathy: Law
R Sakkarapani: Food and Civil supplies
T Mano Thangaraj: Information Technology
Palanivel Thiagarajan: Finance and Human Resources.
K N Nehru: Municipal Administration
I Periasamy: Minister for Cooperation
K Ponmudi: Higher Education
EV Velu: Public Works
MRK Panneerselvam: Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare
KKSSR Ramachandran: Revenue and Disaster Management
Thangam Thennarasu: Industries
S Muthusamy: Housing and Urban Development
K R Periakaruppan: Rural Development
T M Anbarasan: Rural Industries
MP Saminathan: Information and Publicity
P Geetha Jeevan: Social Welfare and Women Empowerment
Anitha S Radhakrishnan: Fisheries, Fishermen Welfare and Animal Husbandry
SR Rajakannappan: Transport
K Ramchandran: Forests
V Senthilbalaji: Electricity, Prohibition and Excise
R Gandhi: Handlooms and Textiles
P Moorthy: Commercial Taxes and Registration
SS Sivasankar: Backward Classes Welfare.
PK Sekarbabu: Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
SM Nasar: Milk and Dairy Development
Ginjee KS Masthan: Minorities Welfare and Non-Resident Tamils welfare
Siva V Meyyanathan: Environment-Climate Change and Youth Welfare and Sports Development
C V Ganesan: Labour Welfare and Skill Development
M Mathiventhan: Tourism
N Kayalvizhi Selvaraj: Adi Dravidar Welfare.