1. Cabinet reshuffle | PTR relieved of Finance portfolio; T.R.B. Rajaa inducted as Minister
The high-profile Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan has been divested of his Finance and Human Resources Management portfolios, during the DMK government’s third reshuffle (reallocation of portfolios of five Ministers) of the Tamil Nadu Cabinet, effected soon after the induction of T.R.B. Rajaa, son of DMK treasurer and MP T.R. Baalu. Mr. Rajaa was sworn-in as Minister by Governor R.N. Ravi at an official ceremony in the Raj Bhavan this morning. Thangam Thennarasu is the new Finance Minister.
This comes three weeks after the release of purported audio clips of Mr. Rajan by BJP state president K. Annamalai, in which the speaker was heard alleging that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi Stalin and son-in-law Sabareesan had amassed huge wealth.
