S Keerthana was sworn in as a minister in the TVK-led government in Tamil Nadu on the same day party chief Vijay took oath as the chief minister. She is among the nine ministers inducted into the newly formed cabinet, who took oath on Sunday morning at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, alongside N Anand, Aadhav Arjuna, KA Sengottaiyan, P Venkataramanan, R Nirmalkumar, Rajmohan, TK Prabhu and KG Anuraj.
After taking oath, Keerthana said the new government would set an example in governance. “It’s unbelievable because no other state would even have such a kind of Cabinet Minister. Nobody would give us such a chance. We are going to show the world how well we can run the government,” she told PTI.
Who is S Keerthana?
Keerthana is the newly elected MLA from Sivakasi, often referred to as the ‘Fireworks Capital of India’. A postgraduate, she is the youngest member of the cabinet at 29. She won the Sivakasi seat by a margin of 11,697 votes in the recently concluded elections.
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She is also the only woman in Vijay’s cabinet and the first female MLA from Sivakasi, ending nearly seven decades of male dominance in the constituency.
Fluent in multiple languages, Keerthana has drawn attention for her strong command of Hindi—particularly notable in Tamil Nadu, where language remains a sensitive and politically significant issue.
A new dawn in Tamil Nadu
Vijay was sworn in as Tamil Nadu’s 13th chief minister on Sunday, marking a new political chapter in the state. Vijay thanked the public for their mandate and called for a united effort to build a government rooted in secularism and social justice. Describing the moment as a new beginning, he struck a humble note, saying he is an ordinary person who will avoid false promises and commit only to what is achievable.
“Come, let all of us together give Tamil Nadu a fresh new government. This is a new beginning the start of a new era of secular, social justice,” the new chief minister said to resounding applause.
