Chennai: Including AIADMK leader J. Jayalalithaa, the cabinet, to be sworn in on Monday, has four women. There are two doctors. Former minister C. Ve. Shanmugam has been allotted law, courts and prisons, Edappadi K. Palaniswami (public works, highways and minor ports), Sellur K. Raju (cooperation and labour), P. Thangamani (electricity, prohibition and excise) and C. Vijaya Baskar (health and family welfare). Among the new comers, notables are deputy mayor of Chennai P. Benjamin (school education and sports and youth welfare), Srirangam MLA S. Valarmathi, (backward classes and minorities welfare), M. R. Vijayabaskar (transport), V. M. Rajalakshmi (Adi Dravidar and tribal welfare), M. Manikandan (information technology) and Kadambur Raju (information and publicity).
S. P. Velumani has been given municipal administration, rural development and Implementation of special programme, K.P Anbazhagan, higher education, V. Saroja, social welfare, nutritious noon-meal programme, K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji, rural industries and K. C. Veeramani commercial taxes.
Among others who have been made ministers are K. C. Karupannan (environment), M.C. Sampath (industries), R. Kamaraj (food, civil supplies and HR&CE), S.P. Shanmuganathan — milk and dairy development, R. Duraikannu (agriculture and animal husbandry), R.B. Udayakumar (revenue) and Vellamandi N. Natarajan (tourism). Though the cabinet can have a maximum of 32 members, there are only 29 ministers now.
