Udhayanidhi Stalin has become the minister in his first term as an MLA and he joins as the 35th minister in the state cabinet led by his father and Chief Minister MK Stalin.
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi has administered the oath of office to Udhayanidhi and ceremony was held for about ten minutes at Durbar Hall in Raj Bhavan.
The stage is set for his political elevation and amidst the arrangements for the swearing-in ceremony, a senior minister has said that Udhayanidhi should have been made a minister earlier.
As Tamil Nadu Governor's office 'Raj Bhavan' has made the announcement officially, the stage is set for Udhayanidhi's political elevation and he has been surfaced with wishes from the DMK cadres.
Udhayanidhi is going to get something big from his father as the latter inducts his son into his ministry after rolling out what would be the first major cabinet reshuffle under his rule.
Besides this minor change, Stalin's cabinet was set in stone since he came to power in mid 2021. Now, Stalin is chalking out a plan reshuffle his cabinet.
As the government machinery has taken prior measures and damage-control drives to deal with the cyclone, major parts of Tamil Nadu including Chennai are gradually coming back to normalcy.
Selvaraj announced that he is quitting ADMK and will join DMK. On Wednesday- December 7, Selvaraj met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and officially joined DMK.