Thirumurugan to be inducted into Puducherry Cabinet

Threetime legislator representing Karaikal North, P.R.N. Thirumurugan, is set to be inducted into the AINRCBJP government headed by Chief Minister N. Rangasamy in Puducherry.

The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification on March 1 appointing Mr. Thirumurugan as a Minister in the Puducherry Cabinet following the vacancy created by the exit of Nedungadu legislator S. Chandira Priyanga.

“The President is pleased to appoint P.R.N Thirumurugan as a Minister in the Council of Ministers of Puducherry, with effect from the date of his swearing in,” said the noti

P. R.N. Thirumurugan

fication by Joint Secretary to the Government of India, Ashutosh Agnihotri.

Mr. Thirumurugan, who started his Parliamentary career by getting elected from Karaikal North on a Congress ticket, switched to the AINRC before the 2016 Assembly polls.

He won the seat in 2016 on the AINRC ticket, and was reelected from the constituency in 2021 Assembly polls.

After the AINRCBJP combine came to power in 2021 in the Union Territory, Mr. Thirumurugan was a claimant for a Cabinet berth, but lost to Ms. Priyanga at the last minute.

Ms. Priyanga was dropped from the Cabinet in October last year by the Chief Minister, citing dissatisfaction with her performance as a Minister.

Ms. Priyanga handled the Ministries of Transport, Adi Dravidar Welfare, Labour and Statistics.

Her exit was controversial as she had released to the media copies of her resignation letter in which she had levelled allegations of discrimination based on caste and gender.