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Minister for Dairy Development C Shanmugavelu will hold additional charge of the backward classes portfolio, an official release said.
On November 19, Valarmathi was stripped of the post of AIADMK women's wing secretary by party supremo Jayalalithaa.
Valarmathi has been in the midst of a controversy following allegations of her brother's alleged assault on her personal secretary Shanmughasundaram owing to differences over a financial matter.
Shanmughasundaram succumbed to his injuries on Friday night.
A case has been registered against Valarmathi's brother and he is in the custody of the Madurai police.
A powerful orator, Valarmathi came into prominence when she defeated DMK heavyweight and former Tamil Nadu assembly speaker P T R Palanivelrajan in the May 10 assembly polls.
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