Tamil Nadu IT Minister Manikandan dropped from cabinet

Our Bureau Updated - August 08, 2019 at 10:06 AM.

Revenue Minister RB Udhayakumar will hold the portfolio

File photo of Tamil Nadu IT Minister M Manikandan.

Tamil Nadu IT minister M Manikandan has been dropped from the State cabinet. The portfolio of IT has been re-allocated to Revenue minister RB Udhayakumar, according to a press release from Tamil Nadu Governor.

The Governor has accepted the recommendation of the Chief Minister to drop M Manikandan, Minister for Information Technology from the Council of Ministers, says the release.

Based on the recommendation of the Chief Minister, the portfolio of Information Technology has been re-allocated to RB Udhayakumar, Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management, who shall be re-designated as Minister for Revenue & Disaster Management and Information Technology, the release said.

Published on August 8, 2019 04:26