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Jayalalithaa sacks two ministers

January 26, 2012 21:35 IST
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In the fifth cabinet reshuffle in seven months since returning to power, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa [ Images ] on Thursday sacked two ministers and inducted an equal number.

The axe fell on School Education Minister S S Krishnamoorthy and Revenue Minister S P Velumani barely a week after their portfolios were changed.

N R Sivapathy and N Subramanian have made it to the cabinet.

Sivapathy makes a comeback months after he was removed and now gets school education and youth welfare departments.

Subramanian has been allocated information technology, divested from K A Sengottaiyan who has now been put incharge of revenue portfolio.

Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah [ Images ] has accepted the "advice" of Jayalalithaa to drop the two ministers, a Raj Bhavan communique said on Thursday night.

The new inductees would be sworn in on Friday, it said.

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