Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Saturday sacked Milk and Dairy Development Minister V Moorthy and appointed BV Ramanaa in his place.
Ramanaa, who was sacked as Revenue Minister on May 19, is staging a comeback in the Ministry. Governor K Rosaiah accepted the recommendations of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in this regard, a Raj Bhavan communique said.Ramanaa represents Thiruvallur Assembly constituency an AIADMK statement said general secretary Jayalalithaa also removed Moorthy as Tiruvallur South district Secretary under the party's restructuring exercise.
Ramanna was appointed as Tiruvallur West district party secretary while former Ponneri Constituency MlA 'Siruneeyam' P Balaraman was appointed Tiruvallur East district Secretary, it said.
Those constituencies that were under Tiruvallur North and South district units would henceforth come under Tiruvallur East and West district units, it said. The list of new party functionaries under Tiruvallur East and West district units would be released soon, it added.