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The Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers is the executive wing of the Government of Tamil Nadu and is headed by the State's Chief Minister M. K. Stalin, who is the head of government and leader of the state cabinet. The current state council of ministers were sworn in on 7 May 2021, following the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. [1]
He is the current minister for Law, Courts, Prisons and Prevention of Corruption in M. K. Stalin ministry. [2] Regupathy was previously a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India, representing the now defunct Pudukkottai constituency of Tamil Nadu. He served as Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Forests from 2007. [1]
The basic objectives of the department are to prepare draft bills to implement policy decision of the government, action to publish laws/acts after passage in the legislative assembly, advise on legal issues referred to it by all the departments, response to statutory rules, notifications and orders wherein the state government are a party and litigation on behalf of the government.
On 1 November 1986, Tamil Nadu became a state with a unicameral legislature, and since then, several times, the state government has taken steps to reconstitute the legislative council, but they have failed for so long. The Tamil Nadu Legislative Council has not been constituted in the state till date.
The Fifteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu succeeded the Fourteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu and was constituted after the victory of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and allies in the 2016 state assembly election held on 16 May. J. Jayalalitha assumed office as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the fourth time.
The Governor is the de jure constitutional head of state while the Chief Minister is the de facto chief executive.The governor is appointed by the President of India.Following elections to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government.
He was the Chief Government Whip of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2011 and as a DMK Whip from the 2011 to 2016 Legislative assembly and also from the 2016 to 2021 assembly. He was appointed the Minister for Food and Civil Supplies of Tamil Nadu for the first time in Thiru M. K. Stalin's cabinet.
Durai Murugan was first elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly in 1971 and has been elected ten times since. He was elected from the Katpadi constituency in 2006. After the 2006 assembly elections, Durai Murugan was appointed Minister for Public Works in the Government of Tamil Nadu. [citation needed] [2]