Pandiarajan takes charge of education

Businessman-turned politician K Pandiarajan was on Tuesday sworn in minister in the first reshuffle of the three-month old AIADMK ministry.

Governor K Rosaiah administered the oath of office and secrecy to Pandiarajan, a second-time MLA, at an official ceremony at Raj Bhavan in the presence of chief minister J Jayalalithaa.

Pandiarajan, who represents Avadi in the assembly, has been allocated school education, sports and youth welfare portfolios.

In her first cabinet reshuffle since assuming office for a successive term on May 23 last after the Assembly elections, Jayalalithaa dropped S P Shanmuganathan as Milk and dairy development minister, replacing him with rural industries minister K T Rajenthra Balaji.agencies

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