Governor K Rosaiah administered the oath of office to Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Vaigai Chelvan, Kahdi and Village Industries Minister T P Poonatchi and Minister for Health and Family Welfare K C Veeramani, who replaced three ministers axed by Chief minister Jayalalithaa yesterday.
With the induction of the new ministers, all first-time MLAs, the strength of the cabinet remains at 33.
In the eighth reshuffle of her 22-month old cabinet, Jayalalithaa yesterday sacked Gokula Indira (Tourism), NR Sivapathy (School Education) and Dr VS Vijay (Health and Family Welfare) and inducted the incumbents, all first-time MLAs.