Ahmedabad Times

Two Congress lawmakers had been amongst 23 ministers inducted into Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay-led council of ministers on Thursday, making the celebration part of the federal government within the southern state for the primary time in 59 years. The Congress misplaced energy in Tamil Nadu in 1967.

Rajesh Kumar and P Viswanathan took oath as ministers within the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led authorities a day after Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge authorised their induction. They raised slogans hailing the late former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, the opposition chief within the Lok Sabha.

The Congress is negotiating a Rajya Sabha berth from Tamil Nadu with CV Shanmugam, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief, set to retire from the Higher Home in June. Tamil Nadu’s ruling alliance is about to win that seat.

The Congress, which has 5 lawmakers within the Tamil Nadu meeting, was among the many first events to again TVK (108 seats) when it fell in need of a majority within the 234-member meeting. It give up the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance to again the TVK-led grouping.

Left events, the Indian Union Muslim League and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi additionally backed the TVK as Vijay shaped the primary coalition authorities in what’s now Tamil Nadu since 1952. TVK’s was probably the most spectacular debut in Tamil Nadu since talisman MG Ramachandran in 1977, as Vijay grew to become the primary non-DMK and non-All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief minister since 1967.

S Kamali, Ok Jegadeshwari, and C Vijayalakshmi had been amongst these sworn in on Thursday, taking the variety of ladies ministers within the state to 4.

The recent inductions elevated the variety of ministers in Vijay’s authorities to 33. It was the primary enlargement of Vijay’s council of ministers since he was sworn in together with 9 others on Could 10. Many of the ministers within the authorities are first-time lawmakers, graduates, and Vijay’s loyalists.