DMK president MK Stalin took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu on Friday morning. He did it by saying ‘Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin ennum naan…’
He was administered the oath by Governor Banwarilal Purohit at the Raj Bhavan. Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to Stalin and his Cabinet ministers.
The Governor on Wednesday appointed Stalin as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and invited him to form the government after he staked claim, submitting a letter on his election as legislature party leader.
Ahead of the swearing-in Stalin’s Cabinet of 34 members, including him, received the approval of the governor on Thursday.
While the DMK chief has retained senior leaders like Duraimurugan, 15 members shall be ministers for the first time. Stalin shall hold Home and other portfolios including public, general administration, all India services, district revenue officers, special programme implementation and welfare of differently abled persons, a Raj Bhavan release said.
The DMK won 133 seats in the 6 April Assembly polls and along with allies, including Congress, garnered a total of 159 constituencies in the 234-member Assembly. The AIADMK won 66 segments and its partners BJP and PMK, four and five seats respectively.
Stalin is the third son of former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and DMK chief M Karunanidhi, and was born to his wife, Dayalu Ammal. Stalin was born in Madras, now Chennai, on 1 March 1953.
Karunanidhi was addressing a condolence meeting for Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, who died only four days after his child was born, and thus decided to name his son after Stalin.
Stalin studied at the Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School. He completed a pre-university course at Vivekananda College, and obtained a history degree from Presidency College, Chennai of University of Madras in 1973. M. K. Stalin was conferred Honorary Doctorates by Anna University on August 1, 2009.
Stalin got married to Durga (alias Shantha) on August 25, 1975 and has two children. His son is actor-produer Udhayanidhi Stalin, who is now a first time MLA from Chepauk-Triplicane.
Stalin’s political career began in his early teens when he started the DMK Gopalapuram Youth Wing in a tea shop with several friends. As a 14 year old, he campaigned for his uncle, Murasoli Maran, in the 1967 elections. In 1973, Stalin was elected to the General committee of the DMK.
He came to limelight when he was jailed in Central Prison, Madras under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) for protesting against the Emergency in 1976.
Stalin contested the Assembly polls unsuccessfully from Thousand Lights constituency in Chennai. In 1989 Stalin contested Assembly polls from Thousand Lights Constituency again, but won this time.
Again in 1996, Stalin won the election as an MLA from the Thousand Lights constituency.
In 2011 Stalin changed his constituency for the first time in his political career, moving from Thousand Lights to Kolathur constituency on the outskirts of Chennai city. He has successfully held the positions of Chennai Mayor, Local Administration Minister and Deputy Chief Minister.
Mykollywood.com wishes the very best to Chief Minister M K Stalin and MLA Udhayanidhi Stalin.
By Naveen
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