NE NEWS SERVICE
PUDUCHERRY, JULY 11
Nearly two weeks after the ministers were sworn in, a list containing their portfolios was handed over by Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamyto Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan here on Sunday.
The chief minister met the Lt Governor at her office and handed over the list of portfolios for the ministers in the AINRC-BJP coalition cabinet.
மாண்புமிகு புதுச்சேரி முதலமைச்சர் திரு.ந.ரங்கசாமி அவர்கள் துணை நிலை ஆளுநர் மாளிகையில் சந்தித்து அமைச்சர்களுக்கான இலாகா ஒதுக்கீடு குறித்த பட்டியலை வழங்கினார். pic.twitter.com/GSPXOffQUE
— Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan (மோடியின் குடும்பம் ) (@DrTamilisai4BJP) July 11, 2021
The details of portfolios recommended by the Chief Minister could not be known immediately.
Five ministers (three from AINRC and two from the BJP) were inducted into the cabinet on June 27. However, the portfolios were not allocated since.
Meanwhile, a release from the Lt Governor’s office said the Chief Minister presented the list to her recommending portfolios for his ministers.
A Namassivayam, K Lakshminarayanan, C Djeacoumar, Chandira Priyanga and A K Sai J Saravana Kumar were sworn in as Ministers.
Lakshminarayanan, Djeacoumar and Priyanga represent lead partner AINRC, while Namassivayam and Saravana Kumar are from its ally BJP.
This is the first time the BJP is part of a Ministry in the Union Territory.
