Tamil Nadu Cabinet Rejig: From Udhayanidhi to Senthil Balaji, Who Gets What

Tamil Nadu Cabinet: Besides Senthil Balaji, Dr Govi Chezhiaan, R Rajendran and SM Nasar have been inducted into the cabinet.

Udhayanidhi, who was Minister of Youth Welfare and Sports, will also get the planning and development portfolio (File Image: PTI)

Tamil Nadu Cabinet: Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi has approved Chief Minister MK Stalin's recommendations for a cabinet reshuffle, following which his son Udhayanidhi Stalin will be elevated to the post of deputy chief minister on Sunday (September 29). The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to be held at 3:30 pm at Raj Bhavan, Chennai, according to an official communique from the Governor's office. The ruling DMK's rank and file had been seeking 46-year-old Udhayanidhi's promotion with an eye on the 2026 Assembly polls in the state.

In the latest reshuffle, DMK's Karur district secretary Senthil Balaji, who recently got bail after 471 days of incarceration in a cash-for-job scam case, has also been re-inducted into the cabinet. Besides Balaji, Dr Govi Chezhiaan, R Rajendran and SM Nasar will also be inducted into the cabinet. Nasar was dropped as Milk and Dairy Development minister in an earlier cabinet reshuffle.

Further, T Mano Thangaraj who held the Milk and Dairy Development portfolio, Minorities Welfare Minister Gingee S Masthan and K Ramachandran (Tourism) were dropped from the cabinet.

Who Gets What?

As part of the exercise, the portfolios of many ministers will be changed. Udhayanidhi, who was Minister of Youth Welfare and Sports, will also get the planning and development portfolio in addition to his existing responsibilities and be designated as deputy chief minister. Here's the list of which minister will hold what portfolio after rejig. 

Meanwhile, it is speculated that Senthil Balaji will be allotted the power department again, the portfolio he held before his arrest. Govi ​​Cheliyan will likely to be given the higher education department. 

Exchange Portfolios:

Environment Minister Siva V Meyyanathan will be the new Minister for Backward Classes while Dr M Mathiventhan, currently holding the Forests portfolio, will be given Adi Dravidar Welfare.

Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu, is also likely to get an additional portfolio of Environment and Climate Change. R S Rajakannappan, holding the Backward Classes Welfare portfolio, will be the Milk and Dairy Development and Khadi minister.

Current Cabinet Details

Ministers	Administering Departments
MK Stalin	General, General Administration, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Forest Service, Other All India Service, District Revenue Officers, Police, Home, Special Efforts and Welfare of Handicapped.
Duraimurugan	Minister of Water Resources
KN Nehru	Municipal Administration, Urban and Water Supply.
I Periyasamy	Department of Rural Development
K Ponmudi	Higher education
E.V. Velu	Public Works Department
MRK Panneerselvam	Minister of Agriculture
KKSSR Ramachandran	Revenue & Disaster Management
Gold is South	Finance, Power Sector
Udayanidhi	Youth Welfare & Sports Development,
Raghupati	Legal Department
Muthuswamy	Department of Housing
Periyakaruppan	Co-operative sector
Anbarasan	Cottage & Industries
Saminathan	Tamil Development Department
Geetajivan	Department of Women and Child Welfare
Anita Radhakrishnan	Fisheries, Fisheries Development Corporation and Animal Husbandry
Rajakannappan	Backward Welfare Department
Ramachandran	Tourism and Tourism Development Corporation
Chakrabani	Food and Civil Supplies
Gandhi	Linen and Textiles
Ma. Subramanian	Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare
Murthy	Commercial Tax, Deeds Registry
Sivashankar	Department of Transport
Shekhar Babu	Department of Hindu Religious Charities
Palanivel Thiagarajan	Information Technology and Digital Services
Red Mustang	Minorities Welfare Department
Love Mahesh	School education
Meiyanathan	Environment and pollution control
CV Ganesan	Labor welfare
Mano Thangaraj	Dairy Department
TRP the king	Industry
Madivendan	Forest Department
Kayalavivi	Adi Dravidian welfare