Tamil Nadu: 34-member Cabinet headed by MK Stalin to be sworn in tomorrow

A Raj Bhavan release said the CM-designate has sent a list of persons to be appointed as Ministers along with their portfolios today.

Governor Banwarilal Purohit, who will be administering the oath of office and secrecy to Mr Stalin and his Council of Ministers, has approved the recommendations made by the CM-designate and allocated the portfolios.

Mr Stalin, while accommodating senior leaders, who had served as former Ministers, had also included a few new faces in the Cabinet, like P K Sekar Babu, S M Nasar, former Chennai Mayor Ma Subramanian, former DMK Whip R Sakkarapani, P Moorthy, Ra Gandhi, S S Sivasankar, Palanivel Thiagarajan, Anbil Mahesh Moyyamozhi, Siva V Meyyanathan, C V Ganesan and T Mano Thangaraj.

The Cabinet has two women representatives --former Minister Ms Geetha Jeevan and a new face N Kayalvizhi Selvaraj.

As Chief Minister, Mr Stalin will have the portfolios of Public General Administration, IAS, IPS, Other All India Service, District Revenue Officers, Police, Home, Special Incentives, Special Programme Implementation and Welfare of Differently-abled persons.

Former Minister and DMK General Secretary Duraimurugan will be the second in Command in the Cabinet and was allotted the Water Resources portfolio.

The DMK returned to power for the sixth time and after a gap of ten years.