The Kerala Congress-B, which has one legislator in the Assembly, has split with the children of the founder now leading the rival factions.The KC-B was founded by veteran R. Balakrishna Pillai but after his death in May, a war broke out in his .
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Barring the Chief Minister, K Krishnankutty of JD-S and A K Saseendran of NCP, the Water Resources and Transport Ministers respectively in the previous LDF government, are the only old faces in the new ministry. Both CPI-M and CPI, the major partners in the ruling coalition, opted not to retain any of their ministers from the previous government.
This is Vijayan s second stint as Chief Minister.
The second Pinarayi Vijayan government, which comes to power bucking the four- decade-old trend of alternate front rule in Kerala, will have a 21-member-strong cabinet with a handful of first-time legislators and three women members, the highest in recent time.
Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet to have 21 ministers
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The oath-taking ceremony of the new Left government would be a low-key affair with limited invitees in view of the COVID-19 situation, he said here after the crucial state committee meeting of the Left Democratic Front.
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The second Pinarayi Vijayan government in Kerala, to be sworn in on May 20, will have a 21-member cabinet, LDF convenor and CPI(M) acting state secretary A Vijayaraghavan said here on Monday. The oath-taking ceremony of the new Left government would be a low-key affair with limited invitees in view of the COVID-19 situation, he said here after the crucial state committee meeting of the Left Democratic Front.
Kerala Congress (B) chairman R Balakrishna Pillai passes away
Balakrishna Pillai passed away a day after his son and former minister KB Ganesh Kumar won the assembly polls from Pathanapuram constituency.
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KOLLAM: R Balakrishna Pillai, founder of Kerala Congress (B) and former minister, died at the age of 86. He breathed his last at a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday morning.
He was admitted in a private hospital in Kottarakkara last Wednesday following breathing difficulties, and was later shifted to a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram when his condition worsened.
He passed away a day after his son and former minister KB Ganesh Kumar won the assembly polls from Pathanapuram constituency.
May 03, 2021, 07:51 AM IST
New Delhi: The official results for the high-stakes assembly elections held in four states and one Union Territory are almost out now for the majority of the constituencies and barring West Bengal, the predictions of exit polls remained more or less close to the actual results and trends in Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.
As per the available trends and results on the Election Commission of India s website on Monday (May 3, 2021) morning, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) has retained power in West Bengal for the third consecutive time, whereas, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) headed by Pinarayi Vijayan has made the first re-election in 44 years. In Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin s Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has dethroned incumbent Edappadi K Palaniswami s All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), while the Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliances (BJP) have won in Assam and Puducherry.