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. Prominent leaders Duraimurugan, M Subramanian have been allotted key portfolios. Duraimurugan gets water ministry, while Subramanian has been allotted health ministry. stalin was unanimously elected as legislature party leader on Tuesday.
stalin will hold several portfolios including home, General Administration, Special Initiatives, Special Program Implementation and Welfare of Differently -Abled Persons. 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).
