They were sworn-in in the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, his son Udhayanidhi, who had already been designated as Deputy Chief Minister.

Three Tamil Nadu MLAs took the oath of office as ministers in the DMK government this afternoon as part of a cabinet reshuffle in Chief Minister MK Stalin's team. DMK leader Senthil Balaji, who spent 15 months in jail in a money laundering case before the Supreme Court granted him bail,

In the latest reshuffle, DMK's Karur district secretary Senthil Balaji, who recently got bail after 471 days of incarceration in a cash-for-job scam case, has also been re-inducted into the cabinet. Besides Balaji,

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, on Sunday expressed confidence that his son Udhayanidhi, elevated as Deputy Chief Minster, will be of assistance and aid to the people and said that he has to work more in his new role.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Sunday that Tamil chief minister MK Stalin's son, Udhayanidhi Stalin, doesn't have the maturity to hold the post of the state's deputy chief minister.

In a significant political development, Udhayanidhi Stalin, the 45-year-old son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, has been appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister of the state. This appointment was part of a broader cabinet reshuffle by Chief Minister Stalin.

Dr Govi Chezhian, R Rajendran, and S M Nasar were also administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor R N Ravi as Stalin undertook a reshuffle of his three-and-a-half-year-old cabinet.