Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief MK Stalin was sworn in as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai on Friday, ANI rep...
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief MK Stalin was sworn in as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai on Friday, ANI reported. The oath was administered by Governor Banwarilal Purohit.
Chennai: DMK Chief MK Stalin takes oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
— ANI (@ANI) May 7, 2021
He is being administered the oath by Governor Banwarilal Purohit pic.twitter.com/e8IZT1aNFz
The DMK-led coalition won 159 seats in the 234-member Assembly. Stalin’s party alone managed to secure victory in 133 constituencies. The Congress won 18 seats, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi got four, the Communist Party of India and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) won two each.
Apart from being the chief minister, Stalin will also hold the portfolios for home, public and general administration, all India services, district revenue officers, special programme implementation and welfare of differently-abled persons, a release from the governor’s office said.
Tamil Nadu: The 34-member cabinet led by Chief Minister-designate and DMK President MK Stalin will be sworn in tomorrow#Stalin pic.twitter.com/encuysIfoo
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) May 6, 2021
A total of 34 ministers, including Stalin, will took oath to form the new Cabinet in Tamil Nadu. DMK veterans Duraimurugan (water resources), KN Nehru (municipal administration), I Periyasamy (co-operation), K Ponmudi (higher education) and E V Velu (public works department) are among the...
