In a ceremony held at the Raj Bhavan, Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administered the oath of office to 23 new ministers. With this expansion, the total strength of C. Joseph Vijay’s government, including the Chief Minister, has now increased to 33.
The Congress is being widely discussed in this cabinet expansion because it has returned to the cabinet after 59 years.
The Tamil Nadu government includes the Indian National Congress as the second-largest party after the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam in terms of MLAs, which is why the Congress is being widely discussed. The party is also returning to the cabinet after 59 years, and two senior Congress leaders have been given ministerial posts.
S. Rajesh Kumar has been assigned to the Tourism Department.
P. Viswanathan has been assigned to the Higher Education Department.
Both the Tourism and Higher Education departments are important portfolios, which indicates that Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam is keen on working in coordination with the Indian National Congress and taking it along within the government.
The Finance Department has been assigned to N. Marie Wilson, a senior leader of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam. He will also be responsible for the Pensions and Planning & Development departments.
The Revenue Department, which is a very important state department, along with Disaster Management, has now been assigned to K. A. Sengottaiyan.
The Social Welfare Department, which was earlier under the Chief Minister, has now been assigned to K. Jagdishwari. With this, the department is now headed by a woman minister.
In this cabinet, a total of four women ministers have been included.
The Tamil Nadu government led by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay is a coalition government between Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) and its alliance partners. Below is the complete list of ministers and their departments:
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay holds several key and important departments, including Home, Police, Public Administration, Urban and Water Supply.
- N. Anand (Bussy Anand) – Rural Development and Water Resources
- Aadhav Arjuna – Public Works Department (PWD) and Sports Development
- Dr. K. G. Arunraj – Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare
- P. Venkataraman – Food and Civil Supplies
- S. Keerthana – Industries
- R. Nirmal Kumar – Energy Resources and Law (Power, Courts, Prisons, Elections and Passport)
- K. A. Sengottaiyan – Revenue and Disaster Management
- A. Sreenath – Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare
- S. Kamali – Animal Husbandry
- C. Vijayalakshmi – Dairy Development
- R. V. Ranjith Kumar – Forest Department
- Vinod – Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Horticulture, Sugar, Waste Land Development)
- Rajiv – Environment and Climate Change
- B. Rajkumar – Housing and Urban Development
- V. Gandhiraj – Cooperation
- Mathan Raja P. – MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises)
- K. Jagdishwari – Social Welfare and Women Empowerment
- S. Rajesh Kumar (Congress) – Tourism
- M. Vijay Balaji – Handlooms, Textiles and Khadi
- Logesh Tamilselvan D. – Commercial Taxes and Registration
- Vijay Tamilan Parthiban A. – Transport
- Ramesh – Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE)
- Rajmohan – School Education, Tamil Development, Information and Publicity
- P. Viswanathan (Congress) – Higher Education
- Dr. T. K. Prabhu – Natural Resources
- Kumar R. – Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology and Digital Services
- K. Thennarasu – Non-Resident Tamils Welfare
- V. Sampath Kumar – Backward Classes Welfare
- Mohammed Farwas J. – Labour Welfare and Skill Development
- D. Sarath Kumar – Human Resource Management
- N. Marie Wilson – Finance, Pensions, Planning and Development
- Vignesh K. – Prohibition and Excise
