DMK president MK Stalin on Friday took oath as the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the time, along with 33 members of his cabinet, at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai.
Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to Stalin and his Cabinet ministers in an oath-taking ceremony which saw AIADMK’s top leader O Panneerselvam, leaders from alliance parties including Congress’s P Chidambaram, MDMK chief Vaiko, and top state officials in attendance.
This will be Stalin’s first term, and he takes charge when the state is battling a severe second Covid wave. Also, this is the sixth time the chief minister will be from the DMK since 1967, when party founder C N Annadurai was first elected to the post. Thereafter, Stalin’s father M Karunanidhi held the post. This time, DMK won 133 seats in the Assembly polls and along with allies, and got an absolute majority on its own.
Stalin will also hold several other portfolios including Home, General Administration, Special Initiatives, Special Programme Implementation and Welfare of Differently-Abled Persons. The Stalin-led cabinet has retained many former ministers with some of them being given different portfolios this time around, 15 members shall be ministers for the first time. Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi does not figure in the list of ministers.
Party veteran and general secretary Duraimurugan, who had held portfolios like Public Works would be Minister for Water Resources in charge of irrigation projects and others including mines and minerals. Former Chennai Mayor Ma Subramanian and party’s north Chennai strongman, P K Sekarbabu. Thiagarajan, Poyyamozhi are among the 15 who would be first time Ministers.
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Here is the list of Tamil Nadu Cabinet and Council of Ministers:
| Duraimurugan | Minister for Water Resources | Irrigation Projects including small Irrigation, Legislative Assembly, Governor and Ministry, Elections and Passports, Minerals and Mines. |
| K.N. Nehru | Minister for Municipal Administration | Municipal Administration, Urban and Water Supply. |
| I. Periyasamy | Minister for Co-operation | Co-operation, Statistics and Ex-Servicemen Welfare |
| K. Ponmudi | Minister for Higher Education | Higher Education including Technical Education, Electronics, Science and Technology |
| E.V. Velu | Minister for Public Works | Public Works (Buildings, Highways and Minor Ports) |
| M.R.K. Panneerselvam | Minister for Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare | Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Agro Service Co-operatives, Horticulture, Sugarcane Excise, Sugarcane Development and Waste Land Development |
| K.K.S.S.R Ramachandran | Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management | Revenue, District Revenue Establishment, Deputy Collectors, Disaster Management |
| Thangam Thennarasu | Minister for Industries | Industries, Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture, Archeology. |
| S. Reghupathy | Minister for Law | Law, Courts, Prisons and Prevention of Corruption |
| S. Muthusamy | Minister for Housing and Urban Development | Housing, Rural Housing, Town Planning projects and Housing Development, Accommodation Control, Town Planning, Urban Development and Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority. |
| K.R. Periakaruppan | Minister for Rural Development | Rural Development, Panchayats and Panchayat Unions, Poverty Alleviation Programmes, Rural Indebtedness. |
| T.M. Anbarasan | Minister for Rural Industries | Rural Industries including cottage industries, small Industries, Slum Clearance Board. |
| M.P. Saminathan | Minister for Information & Publicity | Information & Publicity, Film Technology and Cinematograph Act, Newsprint Control, Stationery and Printing, Government Press. |
| P. Geetha Jeevan | Minister for Social Welfare & Women Empowerment | Women and Children Welfare including Social Welfare, Orphanages and Correctional Administration, Integrated Child Development Scheme and Beggar Homes and Social Reforms & Nutritious Meal Programme |
| Anitha R. Radhakrishnan | Minister for Fisheries – Fishermen Welfare and Animal Husbandry | Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation and Animal Husbandry |
| S.R. Rajakannappan | Minister for Transport | Transport, Nationalised Transport and Motor Vehicles Act. |
| K. Ramachandran | Minister for Forests | Forests |
| R. Sakkarapani | Minister for Food and Civil Supplies | Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection and Price Control |
| V. Senthilbalaji | Minister for Electricity, Prohibition & Excise | Electricity, Non Conventional Energy Development, Prohibition and Excise, Molasses |
| R. Gandhi | Minister for Handlooms and Textiles | Handlooms and Textiles, Khadi and Village Industries Board, Boodhan and Gramadhan. |
| Ma. Subramanian | Minister for Medical and Family Welfare | Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare |
| P. Moorthy | Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration | Commercial Taxes, Registration and Stamp Act, Weights and Measures, Debt Relief including legislation on Money lending, Chits and Registration of Companies |
| S.S. Sivasankar | Minister for Backward Classes Welfare | Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare and Denofied Communities Welfare |
| P.K. Sekarbabu | Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments | Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments |
| Palanivel Thiagarajan | Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management | Finance, Planning, Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Pensions and Pension allowances. |
| S.M. Nasar | Minister for Milk & Dairy Development | Milk and Diary Development |
| Gingee K.S. Masthan | Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non Resident Tamils Welfare | Minorities Welfare, Non Resident Tamils Welfare, Refugees & Evacuees and Wakf Board |
| Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi | Minister for School Education | School Education |
| Siva. V. Meyyanathan | Minister for Environment – Climate Change and Youth Welfare and Sports Development | Environment and Pollution Control, Youth Welfare and Sports Development |
| C.V. Ganesan | Minister for Labour Welfare and Skill Development | Labour Welfare, Population, Employment and Training, Census, Urban and Rural Employment |
| T. Mano Thangaraj | Minister for Information Technology | Information Technology |
| M. Mathiventhan | Minister for Tourism | Tourism and Tourism Development Corporation |
| N. Kayalvizhi Selvaraj | Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare | Adi Dravidar Welfare, Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour Welfare. |