Swearing by the Chief Minister and Cabinet Ministers of 2016 Tamil Nadu Government

 

Jayalalithaa and Rosaiah

The Oath of Jayalalithaa and 28 Ministers:-

Puratchi Thalaivi J Jayalalitha.(Long Live J Jayalalithaa) was the cry from the crowd. Jayalalithaa swore for the second consecutive term in Tamil Nadu’s Madras University Auditorium before the Governor K Rosaiah with 28 other Cabinet colleagues. Jayaram Jayalalithaa started her journey from her residence Poes Garden to Madras University Auditorium at about 11.20 a.m. on 23^rd May. She prayed for the Ganesha for a while.The iconic M G Ramachandran started "Naan aanai ittal, adhu nadandhu vittal, Andha ezhaigal vedhanai padamaataara" from the famous MGR movie, 'enga Veetu pillai'. It means: " If I order and it happens, then the poor will not suffer!" The enthusiastic supporters were making a loud chant for the ‘Amma’, they were throwing roses, they were dancing and waving green flags.

Swearing by the Chief Minister and Cabinet Ministers of 2016 Tamil Nadu Government

Who	By whom	Date	Place
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and 28 Cabinet members	Governor K. Rosaiah	On 23rd May, Monday	Madras University’s Centenary Hall.

List of 2016 Cabinet Ministers of Tamil Nadu:-

Jayalalithaa	Chief Minister; Minister in charge for Public, IAS, IPS, IFS, General Administration, District Revenue Officers, Police and Home	Experienced
O. Panneerselvam -	Finance, Personnel and Administrative Reforms	Experienced
C.Ve. Shanmugam	Law, Courts and Prisons	Experienced
R. Kamaraj	Food, Civil Supplies and HR&CE	Experienced
M.C. Sampath	Industries	Experienced
Dr. V. Saroja	Social Welfare, Nutritious Noon Meal Programme	New Face
Sellur K. Raju	Cooperation and labour	Experienced
P Thangamani	Electricity, prohibition and excise	Experienced
K.C. Karuppannan	Environment	New Face
K.P. Anbazhagan	Higher Education	Experienced
O.S. Manian	Handlooms and Textiles	New Face
Udumalai Radhakrishnan	Housing and Urban Development	New Face
C. Vijayabhaskar	Health and Family Welfare	New Face
S.P. Shanmuganathan	Milk and Dairy Development	Experienced
R. Duraikannu	Agriculture and Animal Husbandry	New Face
Kadambur Raju	Information and Publicity	New Face
R.B. Udayakumar	Revenue	Experienced
K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji	Rural Industries	Experienced
V.P. Velumani	Municipal Administration, Rural Development and Implementation of Special Programme	Experienced
Edappadi K. Palaniswami	Highways, Public works, and minor ports	Experienced
Dindigul Srinivasan	Forest	New Face
K.C. Veeramani -	Commercial Taxes	Experienced
P. Benjamin	School Education, Sports and Youth Welfare	New Face
Vellamandi N. Natarajan	Tourism	New Face
S. Valarmathi	Backward classes and minority welfare	New Face
V.M. Rajalakshmi	Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare	New Face
Dr. M. Manikandan	Information and Technology	New Face
M.R. Vijayabhaskar	Transport	Experienced
D. Jayakumar	Fisheries	Experienced

S. Semmalai is the pro-tem Speaker.

Keeping Her Promises by J. Jayalalithaa:-

She has announced to shut down 500 Tasmac or Government run liquor shop out of 6800, she has decided to give 8 gram gold ‘mangalsutras’ or sacred threads for married woman to the would be brides, she has sanctioned 100 units of power free of cost in all homes and 750 units of power free of cost for handloom weaver, she has sanctioned breakfast to the students of government schools, she has sanctioned loan-waivers to farmers.