In the fifth cabinet reshuffle in seven months since returning to power, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has sacked two Ministers and inducted an equal number. The axe fell on School Education Minister S S Krishnamoorthy and Revenue Minister S P Velumani barely a week after their portfolios were changed. N R Sivapathy and N Subramanian have made it to the cabinet. Mr Sivapathy makes comeback months after he was removed and now gets School Education and Youth Welfare departments. Mr Subramanian has been allocated Information Technology, divested from K.A. Sengottaiyan who has now been put in charge of Revenue portfolio. A Raj Bhavan communiqu’ said last night that Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah has accepted the “advice” of Jayalalithaa to drop the two ministers. It said, the new inductees will be sworn in today.
News On AIR | January 27, 2012 8:56 AM
Jayalalithaa makes fifth cabinet reshuffle