New Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has picked MLA Palanivel Thiagarajan, or PTR— with an engineering degree from NIT Trichy, higher studies in the State University of New York, and an MBA in Finance from the Sloan School of Management at MIT — to be his Finance Minister.
Stalin will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on May 7 at the Governor's residence. Officials said the ceremony would be low-key in view of the pandemic.
While Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) bagged 2.52 per cent vote share, T T V Dhinakaran’s Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) got a vote share of 2.35 per cent.
According to sources, MK Stalin will meet meet Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Wednesday to stake claim to form the government in Tamil Nadu. On May 7, he is to be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
Calling it a historical movement for Panthers (his party), VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan tweeted that his party has shattered hate politics by its victory.
The age and gender profiles of 3 of the newly elected Assemblies show that the share of women MLAs is unchanged in West Bengal, has grown slightly in Kerala, and fallen in Tamil Nadu. West Bengal has more young MLAs than earlier while the other two Assemblies have less than 10% MLAs under 40.
While the state of West Bengal will go to polls in eight phases, Assam will see three-phase voting starting March 27. Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry will be held in single phases on April 6. Counting of votes for the four states and one union territory will be done on May 2.
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