Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Thursday allotted portfolios to the 23 newly inducted ministers of his Cabinet. The list included those from the Congress, which broke its ties with the DMK post election to join the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) alliance. Congress legislators S Rajesh Kumar and P Viswanathan have been allocated Tourism and Higher Education portfolios, respectively.
KA Sengottaiyan, who held Finance, has now been allocated Revenue and Disaster Management portfolio. TVK's N Marie Wilson has been named Minister for Finance, Planning and Development.
TVK's Mohamed Farvas has been given Labour Welfare and Skill Development portfolio. CM Vijay revised some of the portfolios and accordingly he has got Poverty Alleviation, and re-allocated the Women Welfare portfolio he held to newly inducted minister K Jegadeshwari.
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Meanwhile, the Indian Union of Muslim League (IUML), also a former ally of the DMK, declared that the party would join the government. Papanasam MLA AM Shahjahan will be presented as the party's nominee to the Cabinet, the party leadership said.
As things stand, the following are the Cabinet members and their respective ministries in the TVK government:
- K.A. Sengottaiyan – Revenue and Disaster Management
- Srinath – Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare
- S. Kamali – Animal Husbandry
- C. Vijayalakshmi – Dairy Development
- R.V. Ranjithkumar – Forests
- Vinoth – Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- Rajeev – Environment and Climate Change
- P. Rajkumar – Housing and Urban Development
- V. Kanthiraj – Cooperation
- P. Madhan Raja – Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)
- K. Jegatheeswari – Social Welfare
- S. Rajeshkumar – Tourism
- M. Vijay Balaji – Handlooms, Textiles and Khadi
- D. Lokesh Tamilselvan – Commercial Taxes and Registration
- A. Vijay Tamizhan Parthiban – Transport
- Ramesh – Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
- P. Viswanathan – Higher Education
- R. Kumar – Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology
- K. Thennarasu – Welfare of Non-Resident Tamils
- V. Sampathkumar – Backward Classes Welfare
- J. Mohamed Parvaaz – Labour Welfare and Skill Development
- D. Sarathkumar – Human Resources Management
- N. Maria Wilson – Finance, Planning and Development
- K. Vignesh – Prohibition and Excise
