Bhavani gets representation in ministry after two decades

Bhavani assembly constituency in Erode district has got representation in the state cabinet after a gap of 20 years with K C Karupannan, elected from the segment in the recent polls, being made the Environment Minister.

Bhavani is one of the strong holds of AIADMK and Karupannan defeated his nearest DMK rival Sivakumar by a margin of 24,000 votes.

In 1991-96, S.Muthuswamy, who represented the constituency, was made Health Minister by Jayalalithaa.

After that, none from the constituency has become a minister till this time.