Kerala's Left Democratic Front government will take on board 20 new ministers, including Communist Party of India (Marxist) MLA Veena George, who is likely to replace her party colleague, KK Shailaja, as the Health Minister.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to have a decisive say in the matter.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) State secretariat will convene in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday to settle the allocation of cabinet portfolios to Kerala’s Minister-designates.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan would have a decisive say in the matter. The CPI(M) State committee had tasked him with dividing the 21 cabinet posts among the party’s ministerial candidates and Left Democratic Front (LDF) allies.
As a prelude to cabinet formation, Mr. Vijayan had met Kerala Governor Arif Muhammad Khan on Tuesday evening and handed over the letter appointing Mr. Vijayan as parliamentary party leader of the CPI(M). The CPI(M) is the single largest party in the next Assembly with 62 legislators.
Kerala’s new LDF Cabinet portfolio allocation heads to finality
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The JD(S) gets Power ministry and the INL is allocated Ports
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The CPI(M) was yet to make a formal announcement about its Ministers. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT
The JD(S) gets Power ministry and the INL is allocated Ports
At least two Left Democratic Front (LDF) allies have given the media an inkling of the direction of Cabinet portfolio allocation talks under way behind closed-doors at the AKG Centre in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.
K. Krishnankutty, Janata Dal (S) legislator from Chittoor in Palakkad, told reporters waiting outside the CPI(M) State headquarters that the party leadership had assigned him the Electricity Department. He said discussions were on with other allies. Cabinet post-sharing would soon reach finality.
Veena George To Replace KK Shailaja as Kerala Health Min
Kerala s Left Democratic Front government will take on board 20 new ministers, including Communist Party of India (Marxist) MLA Veena George, replaced her party colleague, KK Shailaja, as the Health Minister, sources have said.
The portfolios that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will keep are Home, Information Technology and Minority Welfare, sources have said.
The others are KN Balagopal (Finance), P Rajeev (Industries and Law), MV Govindan (Local Self Government Department or LSGD and Excise), V Sivankutty (General Education and Labour), R Bindhu (Higher Education), Saji Cheriyan (Fisheries and Culture), PA Muhammed Riyas (Public Works Department and Tourism), K Radhakrishnan (Devasom, Parliamentary Affairs, SC/ST and welfare of backward classes), VN Vasavan (Cooperative Department and Registration), V Abdurahman (Sports, Waqaf and Hajj), Roshy Augustin (Water Resources), K Krishnan Kutty (Electricity).
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