Chennai: A major cabinet reshuffle has taken place in Tamil Nadu on Thursday. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin divested Palanivel Thiaga Rajan of his Finance and Human Resources Management portfolios and allocated them to senior cabinet member Thangam Thennarasu. Rajan is the new minister for Information Technology and Digital Services.
Political observers opine that probably a recent controversy related to a leaked audio tape has resulted in this cabinet reshuffle.
An official release from the Raj Bhavan on the recommendation of the Chief Minister, the Governor, R.N. Ravi, has additionally allotted the Tamil Development portfolio (held by Mr. Thennarasu) to Information and Publicity Minister M.P. Saminathan.
Mano Thangaraj, who was till recently Information Technology Minister, will now handle the portfolio of Milk and Dairy Development following the recent sacking of S.M. Nasar from the Cabinet.
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