Continuity of Government Is a New Challenge for the Kerala Left
Contestation â of policies, practices, socio-cultural mores, and of course state power â ought to be the rule, and meaningful consensus can only ever be a temporary cessation.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his Council of Ministers during the swearing-in ceremony, in Thiruvananthapuram, Thursday, May 20, 2021. Photo: Twitter/CMOKerala
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The swearing-in of the second Pinarayi Vijayan government on May 20 has marked a new chapter in Keralaâs electoral history. For the first time in four decades, the south Indian state has broken with its tradition of alternating power between two opposing coalitions, i.e., the LDF (Left Democratic Front) led by the CPI(M) (Communist Party of India [Marxist]) and the UDF (United Democratic Front) led by the Congress party. The emphatic re-election of the Left government has defused what might have been the single most important factor in Keralaâ�
If Pinarayi Vijayan was duly rewarded as an individual for the LDF's unprecedented victory in Kerala, then why was the same principle not applied to its erstwhile health minister, K.K. Shailaja?
Kerala Cabinet | CM Pinarayi Vijayan retains Home, Veena gets Health
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K.N. Balagopal gets Finance and Industries and Law goes to P. Rajeeve
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan holds the first Cabinet meeting after the swearing-in ceremony, in Thiruvananthapuram on May 20, 2021.
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K.N. Balagopal gets Finance and Industries and Law goes to P. Rajeeve Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan has retained the Home and Vigilance and IT portfolios held by him in previous LDF Ministry and has entrusted the crucial portfolios of Finance to K. N. Balagopal, Industries and Law to P. Rajeeve and Health, Family Welfare and Women and Child Welfare to Veena George.
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The Kerala Assembly election 2021 results are expected to be announced today after counting of votes. The Kerala Assembly elections were held in a single phase on April 6.