Tamil Nadu Cabinet Expansion: 23 MLAs, Including 21 From Vijay's TVK, Take Oath, Congress Gets 2 Berths

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu cabinet, led by Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, was expanded on Thursday (May 21) after 23 MLAs took oath. Out of the total, two MLAs who took oath are from the Congress. These two MLAs are Rajesh Kumar and Thiru P Vishwanathan. In the cabinet, 21 ministers are from Vijay's TVK and two from the grand old party.According to reports, the VCK and IUML are not part of the cabinet. Notably, nine MLAs took oath as cabinet ministers along with Vijay last week.In Vijay's cabinet, seven ministers are from Dalit community. These are Rajmohan (Egmore, Chennai), Lokesh (Rasipuram, Namakkal), Madhankumar (Ottapidaram, Thoothukudi), Kamali (Avinashi, Tiruppur), Gandhiraj (Arakkonam, Ranipet), Thennarasu (Sriperumbudur, Kancheepuram);

and P. Viswanathan (Melur, Congress).