Stalin assumes charge as TN CM News Today

  • | Friday | 7th May, 2021

Chennai: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief MK Stalin took oath as Chief Minister of Tamilnadu today. This comes a couple of days after a Raj Bhavan release said the Governor appointed him as the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu and invited him to form the Ministry. As Chief Minister Stalin will have the portfolios of Public General Administration IAS IPS Other All India Service District Revenue Officers Police Home Special Incentives Special Programme Implementation and Welfare of Differently-abled persons. Another key portfolio of Finance was alloted to former Minister PTR Palanivel Rajan's son Palanivel Thiagarajan who was also given the charge of Human Resources Management. Following is the list of Council of Ministers:M K Stalin Chief Minister.

Chennai: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief MK Stalin took oath as Chief Minister of Tamilnadu today. At a simple event in the Raj Bhavan in view of Covid-19 Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to Stalin and his Council of Ministers. This comes a couple of days after a Raj Bhavan release said the Governor appointed him as the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu and invited him to form the Ministry. Stalin while accommodating senior leaders who had served as former Ministers had also included a few new faces in the Cabinet like P K Sekar Babu S M Nasar former Chennai Mayor Ma Subramanian former DMK Whip R Sakkarapani P Moorthy Ra Gandhi S S Sivasankar Palanivel Thiagarajan Anbil Mahesh Moyyamozhi Siva V Meyyanathan C V Ganesan and T Mano Thangaraj. The Cabinet has two women representatives –former Minister Geetha Jeevan and a new face N Kayalvizhi Selvaraj. As Chief Minister Stalin will have the portfolios of Public General Administration IAS IPS Other All India Service District Revenue Officers Police Home Special Incentives Special Programme Implementation and Welfare of Differently-abled persons. Former Minister and DMK general secretary Duraimurugan will be the second in Command in the Cabinet and was alloted the Water Resources portfolio. At a time when the State was facing a sharp increase in daily Covid case load tally the key portfolio of Health was allotted to former Mayor Ma Subramanian who was elected from Saidapet for a second term in the 6 April Assembly polls. Another key portfolio of Finance was alloted to former Minister PTR Palanivel Rajans son Palanivel Thiagarajan who was also given the charge of Human Resources Management. Following is the list of Council of Ministers: M K Stalin Chief Minister. Duraimurugan Minister for Water Resources K N Nehru Minister for Municipal Administration I Periyasamy Minister for Co-operation K Ponmudi Minister for Higher Education E V Velu Minister for Public Works MRK Panneerselvam Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare KKSSR Ramachandran Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management Thangam Thennarasu Minister for Industries S Reghupathy Minister for ALaw S Muthusamy Minister for Housing and Urban Development K R Periakaruppan Minister for Rural Development T M Anbarasan Minister for Rural Industries M P Saminathan Minister for Information and Publicity P Geetha Jeevan Minister for Social Welfare and Women Empowerment Anitha R Radhakrishnan Minister for Fisheries-Fishermen Welfare and Animal Husbandry S R Rajakannappan Minister for Transport K Ramachandran Minister for Forests R Sakkarapani Minister for Food and Civil Supplies V Senthilbalaji Minister for Electricity Prohibition and Excise R Gandhi Minister for Handlooms Ma Subramanain Minister for Medical and Family Welfare S S Sivasankar Minister for Backward Classes Welfare P K Sekarbabu Minister for HR and CE Palanivel Thagarajan Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management S M Nasar Minister for Milk and Dairy Development Gingee K S Masthan Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non-Resident Tamils Welfare Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi Minister for School Education Siva V Meyyanathan Minister for Environment Climate Change & Youth Welfare Sports Development C V Ganesan Minister for Labour Welfare and Skill Development T Mano Thangaraj Minister for Information Technology M Mathiventhan Minister for Tourism N Kayalvizhi Selvaraj Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare

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