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Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin has announced Rs 4,000 as COVID pandemic relief and Rs 3 cut in Aavin milk price
He also announced free travel for women in state-run buses
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday announced a COVID-19 pandemic time relief of Rs 4,000 for the people of the state, a cut in Aavin milk rate, and free travel for women in state-run buses.
With this, the Chief Minister fulfilled the promises made by his party DMK ahead of the April 6 assembly election in the state.
Issuing his first set of orders after taking over as CM,
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Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin, the DMK president who led his party to a huge victory in the Assembly polls was sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on Friday. Besides Stalin, 33 ministers also took oath today. Stalin has retained senior leaders like Duraimurugan in the government. 15 of them are ministers for the first time. Stalin s Cabinet has two women Ministers.
Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to 68-year old Stalin, for whom this would be the first stint as CM, in a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhavan.
Chennai: Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin, the DMK president who led his party to a huge victory in the Assembly polls, was sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on Friday.
Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 68-year-old Stalin, for whom this would be the first stint as chief minister, in a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhavan here.
A total of 33 ministers were also sworn in, of whom 15 are first-time ministers. All the 34, including Stalin, took the oath ‘as per their conscience’ and in Tamil, in sync with the decades old tradition of the DMK.
India: DMK Chief Stalin takes oath as Tamil Nadu CM
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The Governor also administered the oath to 33 other lawmakers as the Ministers.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) President Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu by Governor Banwarilal Purohit at Raj Bhawan on Friday.
After a gap of 10 years, the DMK with Stalin at the helm comes back to power for a sixth time in its history by winning the 2021 Assembly elections securing a comfortable majority on its own.
The 68-year-old Stalin wearing white shirt and dhoti came to Raj Bhavan at about 9am.