Second Jayalalithaa ministry

After the General Elections held on 10 May 2001 the Governor appointed J. Jayalalithaa as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister appointed five more Members C. Ponnaiyan, Dr. M. Thambi Durai, D. Jayakumar, Ayyaru Vandayar and R. Sarojaa as ministers in the Council of Ministers on the same day. On 19 May 2001 the Governor appointed nineteen more members in the council. However, Jayalalithaa couldn't last long in office and to pave way for First Panneerselvam ministry.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Second Jayalalithaa ministry
11th Ministry of Tamil Nadu
J. Jayalalithaa
Date formed	14 May 2001
Date dissolved	21 September 2001
People and organisations
Head of state	Governor M. Fathima Beevi
Head of government	J. Jayalalithaa
Member parties	AIADMK
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	DMK
Opposition leader	K. Anbazhagan
History
Election	2001
Legislature term	5 Years
Predecessor	Fourth Karunanidhi ministry
Successor	First Panneerselvam ministry

Cabinet ministers

S.no	Name	Designation	Portfolios	Party
Chief Minister
1.	J. Jayalalithaa	Chief Minister	Public Home Police Indian Administrative Service Indian Police Service other All India Services General Administration District Revenue Officers Prevention of Corruption Minorities Welfare Information Technology	AIADMK
Cabinet Ministers
2.	C. Ponnaiyan	Minister for Finance and Law	Finance Planning Legislative Assembly and Elections Legislation Law Courts Prisons Weights and Measures Debt Relief including Legislation on *money lending Chits Registration of Companies	AIADMK
3.	Dr. M. Thambi Durai	Minister for Education	Education Technical Education Science and Technology Sports and Youth Welfare Archaeology Tamil Development and Tamil Culture Indians Overseas Refugees and Evacuees
4.	D. Jayakumar	Minister for Electricity	Electricity Non-Conventional Energy Development
5.	P.C. Ramasamy	Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments	Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
6.	R. Vaithilingam	Minister for Industries	Industries Iron and Steel Control Mines and Minerals
7.	S. Semmalai	Minister for Health	Health Medical Education Family Welfare
8.	C. Durairaj	Minister for Local Administration	Municipal Administration Rural Development Panchayats and Panchayat Unions Poverty Alleviation Programmes Rural Indebtedness Urban and Rural Water Supply
9.	R. Jeevanantham	Minister for Agriculture	Agriculture Agricultural Engineering Agro Service Co-operatives Horticulture Sugarcane Cess and Sugarcane Development
10.	O. Panneerselvam	Minister for Revenue	Prohibition & Excise Molasses Revenue District Revenue Establishment Deputy Collectors Registration, Stamp Act Stationery & Printing Government Press Bhoodhan & Gramdhan Passports
11.	N. Thalavaisundaram	Minister for Public Works	Public Works Highways Irrigation Including Minor Irrigation
12.	A. Anwer Rhazza	Minister for Labour	Labour Employment and Training Urban and Rural Employment Census Wakfs
13.	K. Pandurangan	Minister for Rural Industries	Rural Industries including Cottage Industries Small Scale Industries Khadi & Village Industries Board
14.	S.S. Thirunavukkarasu	Minister for Information & Publicity and Forests	Information and Publicity Film Technology Cinematograph act Newsprint Control Forests Environment Pollution Control
15.	P. Dhanabal	Minister for Food and Co-operation	Food Civil Supplies Consumer Protection Price Control Statistics
16.	Valarmathi Jebaraj	Minister for Backward Classes	Backward Classes Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities
17.	B. Valarmathi	Minister for Social Welfare	Social Welfare including Women’s and Children’s Welfare Nutritious Noon Meal Welfare of the Disabled Beggar Homes Orphanages and Correctional Administration
18.	V. Subramanian	Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare	Adi Dravidar Welfare Hill Tribes Bonded Labour Welfare of Ex-Servicemen
19.	Nainar Nagenthran	Minister for Transport	Transport Nationalised Transport Motor Vehicles Act Ports
20.	K.P. Raajendra Prasad	Minister for Fisheries and Animal Husbandry	Fisheries Animal Husbandry
21.	C. V. Shanmugam	Minister for Commercial Taxes	Commercial Taxes
22.	S.P. Shanmuganathan	Minister for Handlooms and Textiles	Handlooms and Textiles
23.	A. K. Selvaraj	Minister for Housing and Urban Development	Housing Housing Development Town Planning Slum Clearance Accommodation Control Urban Development and CMDA
24.	R. Sarojaa	Minister for Tourism	Tourism Tourism Development Corporation
25.	C. Shanmugavelu	Minister for Milk and Dairy Development	Milk and Dairy Development

References

1. chief minister J Jayalalithaa resigns, Tamil Nadu (21 September 2001). "Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa resigns". ZEENEWS. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
2. resigns after court order, Jayalalithaa (21 September 2001). "Jayalalithaa resigns after court order". BBC News.
3. Has Done Its Duty, The Law (21 September 2001). "The Law Has Done Its Duty". Outlook. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
4. Jayalalithaa, The five oaths of (23 May 2016). "The five oaths of Jayalalithaa". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
5. Biography, Jayalalithaa Jayaram. "Jayalalithaa Jayaram Biography". elections.in. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
6. Chronology of events, Jaya's return as CM (6 December 2016). "Jaya's return as CM: Chronology of events". Mathrubhumi.com. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

Further reading

• TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY(TWELFTH ASSEMBLY) REVIEW 2001-2006 (PDF), Chennai: Secratriat of Legislative Assembly Secretariat, 2010