Chennai (IANS) | Tamil Nadu Minister for Power, Excise and Prohibition Senthil Balaji, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and remanded to judicial custody by a court, Chief Minister M.K. Ministers without portfolios would remain in Stalin’s cabinet. From now on, Balaji’s power department will be handled by state finance minister Thangam Thennarasu, who recently replaced P. Thiagarajan.
Senior leader and Tamil Nadu Housing Minister Erode Muthuswamy will hold the additional charge of Excise and Prohibition. Stalin made a recommendation to this effect to Governor R.N. From Ravi
Soon after his arrest, Balaji complained of chest pain and was admitted to the Omandurar Multi-Speciality Hospital, where he underwent an angiogram test and doctors suggested immediate bypass surgery as he had three blockages in the coronary arteries of his heart. .
Balaji was arrested by ED officials on Wednesday in a case related to a cash scam for a job in the Tamil Nadu Transport Corporation. This matter pertains to the year 2011-16, when he was the then Chief Minister J.J. He was a minister in the AIADMK government led by Jayalalithaa.
Balaji later resigned from the AIADMK to join the DMK and was made a minister in the Stalin cabinet.
–IANS
