Vijay Cabinet Expansion in Tamil Nadu: Vijay Cabinet expanded in Tamil Nadu, 21 TVK MLAs and 2 Congress MLAs took oath as ministers.

New Delhi. The first cabinet expansion of the TVK government led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay took place today. 23 MLAs were sworn in as ministers, out of which 21 TVK and 2 Congress MLAs took oath. This has happened after 59 years when Congress has joined the cabinet in Tamil Nadu government. Earlier, along with Vijay, 9 TVK MLAs had taken oath as ministers, thus now the total number of ministers in the TVK government has become 32. The seats of 3 ministers are still vacant and it is believed that allies like IUML and VCK can also be included in the cabinet in future.

VIDEO | Tamil Nadu Cabinet expansion: During the swearing-in ceremony, Congress MLA Rajesh Kumar, while taking oath as minister, hailed Kamaraj, Rajiv Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi; Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar remarked, “Not part of the oath.”

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The two Congress MLAs who have been made ministers in Vijay’s government include Rajesh Kumar and P. Vishwanathan. Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new ministers.

These MLAs got a place in the expansion of the cabinet-

C. Vijayalakshmi (TVK)

RV Ranjitkumar (TVK)

A. Srinath (TVK)

Kamli S. (TVK)

V. Gandhiraj (TVK)

R. Vinod (TVK)

Rajiv (TVK)

B. Rajkumar (TVK)

Mathan Raja P. (TVK)

Jagadeshwari K. (TVK)

M. Vijay Balaji (TVK)

Thennarasu K. (TVK)

V. Sampath Kumar (TVK)

Mohammad Farwas J. (TVK)

Logesh Tamilselvan D. (TVK)

Vijay Tamilan Parthiban A. (TVK)

Ramesh (TVK)

Kumar R. (TVK)

D. Sarathkumar (TVK)

N. Mary Wilson (TVK)

Vignesh K. (TVK)

Rajesh Kumar S. (Congress)

P. Viswanathan (Congress)

VIDEO | Tamil Nadu Cabinet expansion: Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administers oath to Chennai’s RK Nagar TVK MLA N Marie Wilson in presence of CM Vijay.

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It is noteworthy that TVK has formed the government by completing the majority figure with the support of 5 MLAs of Congress, 2 of VCK, 2 of IUML, 2 of CPI and 2 of CPM. This time after the assembly elections, big changes have been seen in the politics of Tamil Nadu. This has happened after decades when any party other than DMK or AIADMK has come to power in the state. At the same time, allies like Congress have been included in the cabinet.