Tamil Nadu: Udhayanidhi Stalin is now a minister in his father's government

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin's son Udhayanidhi took oath as the state minister on Wednesday. In another 'son-rise' in the DMK, the party has also made the succession plan clear.

He is likely to get portfolios including Youth Welfare and Special Programme Implementation, reports said. Governor RN Ravi administered the oath of office to Udhayanidhi at Durbar Hall in Raj Bhavan.

"I see the minister post as a responsibility and will do my best to fulfil it," he said during the oath taking ceremony.

Clad in his trademark white shirt, with a logo of DMK's youth wing embossed on it, Udhayanidhi took the oath in Tamil. The swearing-in ceremony was over in 10 minutes.

He is the first-time MLA from Chepauk-Tiruvallikeni Assembly Constituency and also the DMK's youth wing secretary.

He is hailed by party workers as a successful organiser and go-getter, who made the youth wing scale new heights under his leadership.

He was a star campaigner for the DMK in the polls and his campaign style, like posing with a brick to target the BJP for the 'delay' in construction of AIIMS in Madurai drew attention.