Jayalaithaa re-shuffles cabinet for 15th time
Changes come few days after AIADMK won 37 seats of 39 seats in Lok Sabha election
)
J Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK government today reshuffled state Ministers portfolios. This is the 15th time the party is changing the portfolio in the last three years.
The AIADMK supremo Jayalaithaa inducted Agri S S Krishnamoorthy and Gokula Indira into the council of Ministers.
The State government has allocated Agriculture, agricultural engineering, agro service co-operatives, horticulture, sugarcane cess, sugar development and waste land development held by S Damodaran to Agri S S Krishnamoorthy and to designate him as Minister for Agriculture.
Also Read
The Municipal Administration and Rural Development held by K P Munusamy designated to S P Velumani and Munisamy now designated as Minister of Labour, which was held by K T Pachamal.
R B Udahyakumar designated as Minister for Revenue, which was held by B V Ramanaa and Gokula Indira designated as Minister for Handlooms and Textile, which was held by S Sundararaj, who will take over as Minister for Sports and Youth Welfare from R B Udhayakumar.
The swearing-in-ceremony of the new Ministers iwll be held on Tuesday.
More From This Section
Don't miss the most important news and views of the day. Get them on our Telegram channel
First Published: May 19 2014 | 8:08 PM IST
