Five Ministers take oath in Puducherry, Chandira Priyanga becomes first woman minister after 41 years

  • | Sunday | 27th June, 2021

AINRC MLA Chandira Priyanga has created history in Puducherry after taking oath as a minister. She is the first woman minister of UT in four decades.

Five ministers were inducted into the NDA cabinet in the Union Territory of Puducherry on Sunday. The new ministers have been inducted into the cabinet nearly two months after CM Rangasamy`s sworn-in ceremony.

AINRC MLA Chandira Priyanga has created history in Puducherry after taking oath as a minister. She is the first woman minister of UT in four decades.

Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office to the five ministers at the Raj Niwas. Among the ministers who took oath were, K. Lakshminarayanan, C. Dijyakumar and Chandira Priyanga from AINRC and AK Sai J Saravan Kumar, A. Namassivayam from BJP.

However, the portfolios of the ministers have not been announced yet. For the first time in the Union Territory, the BJP is part of the cabinet.

The saffron party had initially demanded that one of its MLAs be made Deputy Chief Minister, but later they settled for the post of Speaker. This was the reason for a delay in process of cabinet formation.

Chief Minister N Rangasamy submitted the list of members to be inducted into his ministry to Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Wednesday.

The cabinet formation in the Union Territory was finalised with the preparation of this new list. AINRC and BJP formed the NDA government in the assembly elections held on April 6 in the Union Territory.


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