Jayalalithaa sacks Minister Chinnayya

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Wednesday sacked Animal Husbandry Minister T.K.M. Chinnayya and relieved him and Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar from their party posts.

A Raj Bhavan press release said, “Governor K. Rosaiah accepted the recommendation of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to drop Mr. Chinnayya from the Council of Ministers.”

The Animal Husbandry portfolio has now been allocated to Social Welfare Minister B. Valarmathi, the release said.

In an AIADMK release, Ms. Jayalalithaa said Mr. Vijayabaskar has been relieved of Pudukottai district secretary post. He will be replaced by AIADMK farmers’ wing secretary P.K. Vairamuthu, she said.

The Chief Minister said Chitlapakkam Rajendran will replace Mr. Chinnayya as Kancheepuram East district secretary.