Chennai, May 23 -- The new Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) cabinet, headed by chief minister C Joseph Vijay, has eight ministers from the scheduled caste (SC) community, marking their largest representation in the state's council of ministers.

On Friday, two MLAs from the SC community, AM Shahjahan, the Indian Union Muslim League's (IUML) MLA from Papanasam, and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) general secretary and Tindivanam lawmaker, Vanni Arasu, were inducted into the council of ministers, bringing the total to eight.

One ministerial berth has been given to the scheduled tribe, taking the total reserved berths in the council to nine.

The previous Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) cabinet, led by MK Stalin, had four ministers from ...