Udhayanidhi Stalin likely to be Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister: Sources

DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin is likely to be appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, sources informed India Today TV on Wednesday.
Udhayanidhi Stalin, son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, is currently the Sports and Youth Welfare Minister of the state and his possible elevation is expected in the next 24 hours, sources added.
MK Stalin hinted at elevating Udhayanidhi Stalin to the Deputy Chief Minister’s post before embarking on a visit to the US earlier this month.
In August this year, Tamil Nadu Minister Rajakannappan also spoke at the elevation of Udhayanidhi Stalin, after he referred to him as the state’s Deputy Chief Minister. However, Rajakannappan immediately corrected himself, saying he could refer to Udhayanidhi as Deputy Chief Minister only after August 19.
Speaking at an event, Rajakannappan, Tamil Nadu’s Minister of Backward Classes Welfare, said, “The Chief Minister has said that education and medicine are like the two eyes. He admires education so much. The benefit is that there is a department called skill development, which comes under our Deputy Chief Minister–sorry, our minister Udhayanidhi. Sorry, we can’t call him that before August 19”.
Apart from being the sports and youth welfare minister, Udhayanidhi Stalin also handles the key portfolio of special programme implementation.
He inspects and reviews the implementation of key projects such as the Chennai Metro Rail Phase-2.