Chennai, May 21 -- The 59-year-long dream of Congress becoming part of the Cabinet was fulfilled on the rememberance day of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, even as Congress Legislature Party Leader S Rajesh Kumar, elected from Killiyoor Assembly constituency, deviated from the text making remarks hailing party stalwarts, while being sworn in as Minister following which Governor R V Arlekar intervened to say that these remarks were not part of oath.
This happened during the first expansion of the Cabinet headed by Chief Minister and TVK Founder C Joseph Vijay when 23 more Ministers, including two from the Congress, were inducted into the Council of Ministers ushering in the installation of the first ever coalition era of governance in t...