Jayalalithaa sacks Minister Chinnayya

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa sacked Animal Husbandry Minister TKM Chinnayya from the post and Health Minister C Vijayabhaskar from his party posts. A Raj Bhavan release read, “Governor K Rosaiah accepted the recommendation of Chief Minister to drop Chinnayya from the Council of Ministers.” Social Welfare Minister B Valarmathi has been allocated Animal Husbandry portfolio. Vijayabaskar will be replaced by AIADMK farmers' wing secretary PK Vairamuthu.