Stalin takes oath as Tamil Nadu's chief minister

DMK chief MK Stalin has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, along with 33 members of his cabinet, at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai by Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Friday morning. Stalin has also been sworn in as Home Minister and will hold a number of other portfolios, including those relating to administrative and police services, special programmes and the welfare of differently abled persons,

The new Chief Minister has also made changes to the names of several ministries. He has not given his son Udhayanidhi Stalin - who won from Chennai's Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni seat - a berth. The Health Department has become Medical and Family Welfare and is to be led by MA Subramanian, who was elected from Chennai's Saidapet and is the city's former Mayor.The Agriculture Ministry has become the Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Ministry and will be led by MRK Panneerselvam, The DMK, which led an alliance that includes the Congress and other smaller parties, swept the April 6 election, winning 159 of 234 seats.