India, May 10 -- Nine ministers were inducted into the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief C Joseph Vijay led cabinet as he was formally sworn in as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu by governor Rajendra Arlekar on Sunday.

The Lok Bhavan on Sunday released the list of nine candidates who hail from diverse backgrounds with a mixture of political blend.

The candidates are N Anand, Aadhav Arjuna, KG Arunraj MBBS, K A Sengottaiyan, R Nirmalkumar, A Rajmohan, TK Prabhu, S Keerthana, and P Venkataramanan.

The ministerial portfolios were not allocated on Sunday.

N Anand, alias Munusamy is party's heavy weight general secretary, an alumna of the Calve College Government Higher Secondary School, Puducherry. Anand emerged as a legislator from T...