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DMK's K Ponmudi to be reinstated as cabinet minister day after Supreme Court rebuked Tamil Nadu Governor

DMK leader K Ponmudi is to be sworn in as a Tamil Nadu minister today, after the Supreme Court criticised the Governor's refusal to reinduct him despite a stay on his conviction.

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DMK leader K Ponmudi is set to be sworn in as a minister in the Tamil Nadu cabinet on Friday. This comes a day after the Supreme Court voiced "serious concern" over the conduct of Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi for his refusal to reinduct the party leader.

Ponmudi's swearing-in ceremony will be held at 3.30 pm today. On Thursday, the Supreme Court also directed the Governor to decide the issue within 24 hours.

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The governor had refused to reinduct Ponmudi, whose conviction and three-year sentence in a disproportionate assets case the top court stayed recently, despite Chief Minister MK Stalin's recommendation.

Observing that Ravi was defying the top court's order, a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud wondered how the governor say that Ponmudi's reinduction would be against constitutional morality.

Source: India Today

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