T.N. Cabinet reshuffle | Thangam Thennarasu replaces Palanivel Thiaga Rajan as Tamil Nadu Finance Minister

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In a major reshuffle of portfolios of his council of Ministers, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday, May 11, 2023, divested Palanivel Thiaga Rajan of his Finance and Human Resources Management portfolios and allocated them to senior Cabinet member Thangam Thennarasu..

Credited with measures to set the financial and economic health of Tamil Nadu back on track in the post-COVID-19 pandemic period, Mr. Rajan was known to speak his mind and is a strong critic of the right wing politics...

In the audio clips, the person was heard alleging the Chief Ministers son Udhayanidhi Stalin and son-in-law Sabareesan had amassed huge wealth and that the DMK party did not have a proper structure..

Mano Thangaraj, who was till recently Information Technology Minister, will now handle the portfolio of Milk and Dairy Development following the recent sacking of S.M. Nasar from the Cabinet..

Nine months later, Mr. Udhayanidhi Stalin was inducted into the Cabinet in December last when the change in portfolios and subject allocations were effected for 10 Ministers..

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