Kerala

A look at Pinarayi Vijayan's cabinet, CM will retain home portfolio

Written by : TNM Staff

CPI (M) Polit Bureau member Pinarayi Vijayan will be sworn in as chief minister, along with other cabinet ministers, on Wednesday around 4 PM.

Pinarayi will be handling the home affairs as well as the vigilance department. The 19-member cabinet is expected to have 13 first timers.

The LDF constituent CPI will have four Ministers handling revenue, agriculture, food, animal welfare and Forest departments.

Here is the list of ministers and their departments

List of CPI (M) ministers

Pinarayi Vijayan – Home, Vigilance, IT

TP Ramakrishnan - Excise, employment

Kadannapally Ramachandran - Port, Museum, Zoo

Kadakampally Surendran – Electricity, Dewaswom

EP Jayarajan – Industry

Raveendranath – Education

J Mercykuttiyamma- Fisheries

G Sudhakaran – Public works

Thomas Isaac - Finance

AK Balan – culture and backward class welfare

KK Shailaja – health

AC Moideen – Cooperative

KT Jaleel – Local government

Janata Dal (Secular)

Mathew T Thomas - Water supplies

NCP

AK Saseendran -Transport

CPI Ministers

VS Sunil Kumar – Agriculture

E. Chandrasekharan - Revenue

K Raju   - Forest

P Thilothaman - Food and civil supplies


 

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