Consequent to K Ponmudy's disqualification, the portfolio of higher education held by him was on December 21 allotted by Chief Minister M K Stalin to Minister for Backward Classes Welfare, R S Rajakannappan.
A Raj Bhavan release said Chief Minister Stalin recommended to Governor R N Ravi to allot the portfolio held by Ponmudy to Rajakannappan. The Governor has approved the recommendation of the chief minister, the release added. After he was sentenced by the Madras High Court to three years in prison in a disproportionate assets case, Ponmudy was disqualified as a legislator. Consequently, he ceased to be a Minister.
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