Chennai, May 10 -- Newly elected Tamil Nadu Minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader R Nirmalkumar on Sunday thanked the people of the State for giving the party a strong mandate and promised a transparent governance approach from day one.

Addressing reporters after being administered the oath of office along with chief minister TVK chief C Joseph Vijay and eight other ministers, Nirmalkumar said, "The people of Tamil Nadu have trusted our party and our leader and given maximum votes to us. From day one, we'll work to fulfil the promises."

He further announced that the government will conduct a complete audit of all departments and publish a white paper for each. "As our leader has mentioned, we'll publish a white paper, we'll...