In Kerala cupboard, Congress holds core ministries whereas IUML emerges with expanded position | India Information
3 min learnThiruvananthapuramUp to date: Could 20, 2026 05:58 PM IST
Congress will maintain dwelling, finance, well being and tourism whereas junior ally Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) will preserve its previously-held key departments of industries, public works, normal schooling, and native self-government whereas including fisheries and rural growth to its kitty, because the V D Satheesan authorities introduced portfolio allocation Wednesday.
Within the 21-strong cupboard, Chief Minister V D Satheesan will maintain finance, ports and regulation after being pressured to give up the high-profile dwelling and vigilance portfolios to senior chief Ramesh Chennithalawho misplaced the race for the put up of CM. Congress obtained income (A P Anil Kumar), well being and devaswom (Ok Muraleedharan), electrical energy (Sunny Joseph), tourism (P C Vishnunadh) and agriculture (T Siddique).
In the meantime, junior ally IUML retained the portfolios it held in the course of the earlier UDF regime, in addition to including fisheries and rural growth — each beforehand held by the Congress — to its basket.
Senior IUML minister P Ok Kunhalikutty, who took oath as second within the cupboard, obtained industries, IT, mining, AI and startups. Kunhalikutty had held the industries portfolio over the past two UDF tenures.
IUML additionally retained normal schooling — which the Congress had coveted — in addition to public works and native our bodies. The Congress additionally conceded the agricultural growth portfolio to IUML.
Increased schooling, which the earlier LDF regime had hived off from the schooling portfolio, was allotted to Congress minister Roji M John.
RSP nominee Shibu Child John is forest minister, whereas Communist Marxist Get together’s (CMP) C P John obtained transport. Kerala Congress (Joseph) nominee Mons Joseph is irrigation minister, whereas Kerala Congress (Jacob)’s Anoop Jacob obtained civil provides. With Satheesan taking the Air pollution Management Board, setting went to electrical energy minister Sunny Joseph.
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The Latin Catholic group, dwelling in Kerala’s coastal areas, had earlier protested towards handing over the fisheries portfolio to IUML. The minority growth portfolio, which had been a bone of competition between Muslims and Christians in Kerala, has additionally gone to IUML.
The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church wished the Congress to take over the division, alleging disparity in distribution of advantages when Muslim ministers dealt with the portfolio up to now. When the earlier LDF regime assumed workplace in 2011, Pinarayi Vijayan took over the minority welfare division. In his first regime, the division was dealt with by Ok T Jaleel, a Communist Get together of India (Marxist)-backed legislator.
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