Tamil Nadu CM effects minor reshuffle in Cabinet; swaps portfolios of two Ministers
The Hindu
S.S. Sivasankar, who held the portfolio of Backward Classes Welfare has been appointed as the Transport Minister.
In a key reshuffle of portfolios in his Cabinet, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday divested Transport Minister R S Rajakannappan of his portfolio and made him the Minister of Backward Classes Welfare.
S.S. Sivasankar, who held the portfolio of Backward Classes Welfare has been appointed as the Transport Minister. A Raj Bhavan press release said based on the recommendations of the Chief Minister, the portfolios of Transport, Nationalised Transport and Motor Vehicles Act dealt with by Mr Rajakannappan have been allocated to Mr Sivasankar. The portfolios of Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare and Denotified Communities Welfare, held by the latter, have been allocated to Mr Rajakannappan.
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