Udhayanidhi has been inducted into the cabinet during his very first term as an MLA and as he entered the Chief Secretariat as a minister, he was given a rousing welcome by the cabinet ministers.
As he has become a minister in his very first term as an MLA, Udhayanidhi has been awarded with important portfolios - Special Programme Implementation and Youth Welfare and Sports Development.
Udhayanidhi Stalin has become the minister in his first term as an MLA and he joins as the 35th minister in the state cabinet led by his father and Chief Minister MK Stalin.
The stage is set for his political elevation and amidst the arrangements for the swearing-in ceremony, a senior minister has said that Udhayanidhi should have been made a minister earlier.
DMK MP Kalanidhi Veeraswamy raised a question to the centre asking why the construction work hasn't begun even three years after the foundation stone was laid in January 2019.
As Tamil Nadu Governor's office 'Raj Bhavan' has made the announcement officially, the stage is set for Udhayanidhi's political elevation and he has been surfaced with wishes from the DMK cadres.
Udhayanidhi is going to get something big from his father as the latter inducts his son into his ministry after rolling out what would be the first major cabinet reshuffle under his rule.
Besides this minor change, Stalin's cabinet was set in stone since he came to power in mid 2021. Now, Stalin is chalking out a plan reshuffle his cabinet.
Selvaraj announced that he is quitting ADMK and will join DMK. On Wednesday- December 7, Selvaraj met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and officially joined DMK.