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Jayalaithaa re-shuffles cabinet for 15th time

Changes come few days after AIADMK won 37 seats of 39 seats in Lok Sabha election

T E Narasimhan Chennai
Last Updated : May 19 2014 | 8:10 PM IST
J Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK government today reshuffled state Ministers portfolios. This is the 15th time the party is changing the portfolio in the last three years.
 
The AIADMK supremo Jayalaithaa inducted Agri S S Krishnamoorthy and Gokula Indira into the council of Ministers.
 
The State government has allocated Agriculture, agricultural engineering, agro service co-operatives, horticulture, sugarcane cess, sugar development and waste land development held by S Damodaran to Agri S S Krishnamoorthy and to designate him as Minister for Agriculture.
 

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The Municipal Administration and Rural Development held by K P Munusamy designated to S P Velumani and Munisamy now designated as Minister of Labour, which was held by K T Pachamal.
 
R B Udahyakumar designated as Minister for Revenue, which was held by B V Ramanaa and Gokula Indira designated as Minister for Handlooms and Textile, which was held by S Sundararaj, who will take over as Minister for Sports and Youth Welfare from R B Udhayakumar.
 
The swearing-in-ceremony of the new Ministers iwll be held on Tuesday.

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First Published: May 19 2014 | 8:08 PM IST

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