Nine MLAs take oath in Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: Nine newly elected members of the Tamil Nadu assembly on Monday took oath, administered to them by speaker M Appavu at the secretariat.
They include ministers S S Sivasankar and M Mathiventhan, who were elected from Kunnam and Rasipuram respectively. Both were infected with Covid and could not turn up for the oath taking event on May 11.
The other elected MLAs include S Gandhirajan (Vedasandur), E Subbaya (Ambasamudram), M Varalakshmi (Chengalpet), and A G Venkatachalam (Anthiyur). Former AIADMK ministers, Kadambur C Raju (Kovilpatti), C Vijayabaskar (Viralimalai) and R Vaithilingam (Orathanad) also took oath.
Chief minister M K Stalin, water resources minister S Duraimurugan and others took part in the event.
DMK MLA C Shunmugaiah (Ottapidaram) is the lone member who is yet to take oath in the 234-member assembly.