Vijay Cabinet Portfolios Allocated: Complete List Of Newly Inducted Ministers And Departments

Chennai:

"Thalapathy" Joseph Vijay-led Tamil Nadu government on Thursday (May 21) allocated portfolios to newly inducted ministers. Earlier in the day, 23 more MLAs were sworn in as cabinet ministers. Out of these, 21 were from Vijay's TVK party and two from Congress. These are Rajesh Kumar and Thiru P Vishwanathan.In Vijay's cabinet, seven ministers are from the Dalit community. and four are woman ministers. Meanwhile, the allies of the TVK, the VCK and the IUML, have not joined the cabinet so far. Vijay has kept two berths for these two allies. Sources told Times Now that Vanni Arasu of the VCK and AM Shahjahan of the IUML are likely to get berths in the cabinet.Details Of Portfolio Allocation:

Name	Portfolios
Srinath	Fisheries
C Vijayalakshmi	Milk and Dairy Development
RV Ranjithkumar	Forests
Vinoth	Agriculture, Farmers Welfare
Rajeev	Environment and Climate Change
B Rajkumar	Housing and Urban Development
Gandhiraj	Co-operation
Mathan Raja P	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Jegadeshwari K	Social Welfare and Women Empowerment
S Rajesh Kumar	Tourism
M Vijay Balaji	Handlooms, Textiles and Khadi
Logesh Tamilselvan	Commercial Taxes and Registration
Vijay Tamilan Parthiban	Transport
Ramesh	HR & CE
P Vishwanathan	Higher Education
R Kumar	AI, Information Technology and Digital Services
Thennarasu	Non Resident Tamils welfare
V Sampath Kumar	backward Classes Welfare
Mohamed Farvaz	Labour Welfare and Skill Development
D Sarathkumar	Human Resources Management
N Maria Wilson	Finance, Planning and Development
Vignesh K	Prohibition and Excise.
Kamali S	Animal Husbandry

On May 10, Vijay took the oath of office along with nine ministers. He can have a maximum of 35 cabinet ministers. So far, the Tamil Nadu cabinet has 32 ministers, led by Vijay. Since taking office earlier this month, Vijay has faced questions over nearly 20 departments that were left without dedicated ministers, including agriculture and higher education. All these nine ministers were alredy allocated portfolios after swearing-in.Also Read: Thalapathy Vijay Takes Oath As Tamil Nadu CM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kamal Haasan, Sathyaraj And Others Wish TVK ChiefNotably, the Congress was last part of a ruling dispensation in Tamil Nadu before the rise of Dravidian parties transformed the state's political landscape in 1967. Since then, the party has largely played the role of a junior ally in alliances led by either the DMK or AIADMK.

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The induction of Congress ministers is also being seen as an effort by Vijay to strengthen coalition management and address criticism over vacant departments in his government.