Vijay To Expand His Cabinet
What happened? Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay would soon expand his cabinet by appointing representatives of friendly parties that supported the Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam in the confidence vote in the Assembly and enabled the party to form the government.
Sources initially said that two members of the Legislative Assembly from Congress – P Vishwanathan, likely representing Melur, and S Rajeshkumar, MLA from Killiyoor for the third time – are likely to be sworn in as Ministers soon in the first phase of expansion.
In the second phase of expansion, this is expected only after the Prime Minister returns from his first visit to New Delhi to make courtesy calls to national leaders.
Vijay is expected to meet Indian President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during his brief visit to the national capital on May 22.
During the trip, the Prime Minister would discuss issues such as financial assistance to the State’s development projects, fishermen issue and centre-State relations with Union Ministers and senior leaders of the country.
