Will forming Cabinet 2.0 prove tricky for Pinarayi Vijayan?
Will forming Cabinet 2.0 prove tricky for Pinarayi Vijayan?
Last Updated: Thu, May 6th, 2021, 23:29:20hrs
Thiruvananthapuram: The difficult task of winning the elections over, will Pinarayi Vijayan now have it easy or tough, as starting Thursday he begins talks for the composition of Version-2 Pinarayi cabinet.
Vijayan entered the history books by leading the Left Democratic Front government to its second successive win when he increased his tally from 91 seats to 99 in the 140-member Kerala Legislative Assembly.
According to the rules the cabinet can have a maximum strength of 21 including the Chief Minister. There are three other posts which come with cabinet status Assembly Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Chief Whip.
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Voters reward Communists for successfully managing pandemic in India’s Kerala state May 3, 2021 2:03 PM CDT By Steve Sweeney
Left Democratic Front supporters waving Communist Party of India (Marxist) flags play drums during an election campaign in Alappuzha, Kerala state, India. | R S Iyer / AP
The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) hailed a “historic victory” as the Left Democratic Front (LDF) won in Kerala with an increased majority in Sunday’s legislative assembly elections.
The LDF, a coalition of left-wing parties including the CPI-M, the Communist Party of India, and the Indian National League, stormed to victory, leading in 98 seats in the 140 seat assembly, up from the 91 elected in 2016.
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.
Visual of Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan submitting his resignation to Kerala Governor, Arif Mohammad Khan (Photo/Twitter)
CM Pinarayi Vijayan submits his resignation to Kerala Governor ANI | Updated: May 03, 2021 21:15 IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 3 (ANI): Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who led the ruling CPI(M)-headed LDF in Kerala to a thumping victory in the state Assembly polls, on Monday submitted his resignation to Governor Arif Mohammad Khan In the wake of the assembly election results having been announced, the Chief Minister called on the Honourable Governor of Kerala and submitted resignation, tweeted the CMO of Kerala.
Governor Khan s office also informed on its official Twitter handle: Hon ble Governor Shri Arif Mohammed Khan accepted the resignation tendered by Kerala CM Shri Pinarayi Vijayan, who called on him at Kerala Raj Bhavan.
Muslim candidates improve tally in Assam, Kerala; number goes down in WB
Only Assam and Kerala registered a slight rise in the number of Muslims elected to the assembly, while it went down in West Bengal. Tamil Nadu and Puducherry showed no improvement in the trend.
By Sakina FatimaandSruthi Vibhavari| Published: 3rd May 2021 5:54 pm IST Lok Sabha MP Badruddin Ajmal-led All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) during a rally in Assam, Feb 8, 2021 (PTI Photo)
Hyderabad: The results of five state assembly elections that were announced by the Election Commission on Sunday revealed that Muslim candidates in the contest barely showed any significant rise in tally.