India, May 22 -- Two Congress legislators were among 23 ministers inducted into Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay-led council of ministers on Thursday, making the party a part of the government in the southern state for the first time in 59 years. The Congress lost power in Tamil Nadu in 1967.

Four new ministries were also announced -one for artificial intelligence, information technology and digital services, second for human resources management, third for prohibition and excise, and a fourth one for the welfare of non-resident Tamilians.

Congress MLAs S Rajesh Kumar and P Viswanathan took the oath as ministers in the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led government a day after party chief Mallikarjun Kharge approved their inducti...