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Monday, September 29, 2014 11:50 PM IST
Chennai:
Several ministers turned emotional and were seen wiping tears from their eyes at the swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet which took charge on September 29 following the exit of the previous ministry led by jailed J Jayalalithaa.
The new chief minister, O Panneerselvam, himself was emotional and struggled to read out the text of the oath of office and secrecy. He was seen taking out his handkerchief and wiping his eyes while taking the oath of office.
B Valarmathi visibly broke down while being sworn in.
It was a sombre mood at the swearing in. There were no smiles, hugs or hand-shakes.
In fact, there were no proper invites for the swearing-in ceremony even to the media. The customary list of leaders of legislature parties was given the go-by perhaps due to paucity of time.
All morning, there were reports that Panneerselvam and others would turn up at the Raj Bhavan for the swearing-in ceremony but there was no confirmation of the time.
Panneerselvam retained the 30 other ministers appointed by his predecessor J Jayalalithaa, with all of them holding the same portfolios earlier allocated by her.
Panneerselvam, who held the Finance and Public Works portfolios earlier, will now handle Jayalalithaa's portfolios as well -- departments of Public, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Forest Service, General Administration, District Revenue Officers, Police and Home.
Following are the other ministers sworn in, with their portfolios in brackets:
Natham R. Viswanathan (Electricity and Prohibition)
R. Vaithilingam (Housing and Urban Development)
Edappadi K. Palaniswami (Highways and Minor Ports)
P. Mohan (Rural Industries and Labour)
B. Valarmathi (Social Welfare and Nutritious Noon Meal Programme)
P. Palaniappan (Higher Education)
Sellur K. Raju (Co-operation)
R. Kamaraj (Food)
P. Thangamani (Industries)
V. Senthil Balaji (Transport)
M.C. Sampath (Commercial Taxes and Registration)
S.S. Krishnamoorthy (Agriculture)
S.P. Velumani (Municipal Administration, Rural Development, Law, Courts and Prisons)
T.K.M. Chinnayya (Animal Husbandry)
S. Gokula Indira (Handlooms and Textiles)
S. Sundararaj (Sports and Youth Welfare)
P. Chendur Pandian (Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments)
S.P. Shunmuganathan (Tourism)
N. Subramanian (Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare)
K.A. Jayapal (Fisheries)
Mukkur N. Subramanian (Information Technology)
R.B. Udhaya Kumar (Revenue)
K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji (Information and Special Programme Implementation)
B.V. Ramanaa (Milk and Dairy Development)
K.C. Veeramani (School Education)
M.S.M. Anandan (Forests)
Thoppu N.D. Venkatachalam (Environment)
T.P. Poonachi (Khadi and Village Industries)
S. Abdul Rahim (Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare)
Dr. C. Vijaya Baskar (Health)
