CHENNAI: Twenty-three MLAs, including members from TVK and its ally Congress, were sworn in as ministers in the Tamil Nadu Cabinet on Thursday at Lok Bhavan in Guindy, with Acting Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administering the oath of office in the presence of Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay.
Earlier, the TVK government had said only Tamil Thai Vazhthu would be played at official events. However, Thursday's swearing-in ceremony at Lok Bhavan began at 10 am with the rendition of Vande Mataram, followed by the National Anthem and Tamil Thai Vazhthu, in the presence of senior government officials, legislators and party functionaries.
According to the official release, the MLAs inducted into the Cabinet are Srinath (Thoothukudi), Kamali S (Avinashi), C Vijayalakshmi (Kumarapalayam), R V Ranjithkumar (Kancheepuram), Vinoth (Kumbakonam), Rajeev (Thiruvadanai), B Rajkumar (Cuddalore), V Gandhiraj (Arakkonam), P Mathan Raja (Ottapidaram), K Jegadeshwari (Rajapalayam), M Vijay Balaji (Erode East), D Logesh Tamilselvan (Rasipuram), A Vijay Tamilan Parthiban (Salem South), Ramesh (Srirangam), R Kumar (Velachery), K Thennarasu (Sriperumpudhur), V Sampath Kumar (Coimbatore North), J Mohamed Farvas (Aranthangi), D Sarathkumar (Tambaram), N Marie Wilson (Dr Radhakrishnan Nagar) and K Vignesh (Kinathukadavu).
Congress MLAs P Viswanathan (Melur) and S Rajesh Kumar (Killiyoor) also took oath as ministers in the Vijay-led Cabinet.
The portfolios of the newly inducted ministers are expected to be announced after the swearing-in ceremony.
