LDF to have lean cabinet with only 19 ministers

May 22, 2016 21:17

The Communist Party of India-Marxist-led-Left Democratic Front, which was elected to power in the May 16 assembly polls in Kerala, on Sunday decided to have a leaner cabinet with only 19 ministers.

The Pinarayi Vijayan-led new ministry, which will be sworn in on May 25, will have only 19 ministers, LDF convener Vaikom Viswan told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram after the LDF state committee meeting.

Of the 19 ministers, the CPI-M will have 12, Communist Party of India four, Janata Dal-Secular, Nationalist Congress Party and Conggress-S one each, Viswan said.

Other minor parties, which support the LDF from outside, including Kerala Congress-B and Revolutionary Socialist Party of Kerala, which have won one seat each, will not get a berth.

While the Speaker's post will go to the CPI-M, Deputy Speaker's post will be held by the CPI.

The previous Congress-led UDF government had 21 ministers.

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