2021-05-07 06:06:19 GMT2021-05-07 14:06:19(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
NEW DELHI, May 7 (Xinhua) Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin, president of India s Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party was on Friday sworn in as chief minister of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, officials said.
Governor of Tamil Nadu Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to 68-year-old Stalin during a ceremony at Raj Bhavan (Governor s house) in Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu. Today morning M K Stalin was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, along with 33 members of his cabinet, a local government official said. Stalin will hold a number of other portfolios, including those relating to administrative and police services, special programmes and the welfare of differently-abled persons with himself.