Eight Ministers from Malabar find place in UDF Cabinet

As a Congress-led ‘full Cabinet’ is being sworn in after six many years in Kerala on Monday (Might 18), the six northern districts are getting eight ministerial berths. Nevertheless, Kozhikode and Kasaragod won’t have any illustration in the federal government in the meanwhile. There might be 21 ministers in the Cabinet, together with the Chief Minister.

Going by the listing of Ministers introduced by Chief Minister-designate V.D. Satheesan, the Congress representatives from the area are Sunny Joseph (Peravur, Kannur), A.P. Anil Kumar (Wandoor, Malappuram), T. Siddique (Kalpetta, Wayanad), and Ok.A. Thulasi (Kongad, Palakkad). From the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), the Ministers are P.Ok. Kunhalikuty (Malappuram), Ok.M. Shaji (Vengara), and P.Ok. Basheer (Eranad), all in Malappuram, and N. Samsudheen (Mannarkkad in Palakkad). IUML State president Panakkad Syed Sadikali Shihab Thangal has stated that Parakkal Abdulla, who has been elected from Kuttiyadi in Kozhikode, might be given a ministerial berth after two-and-a-half years. It stays to be seen who must vacate his submit to make method for Mr. Abdulla.

Although the area has received a good illustration in the V.D. Satheesan Cabinet, the absence of Congress nominees from Kozhikode could possibly be a speaking level in the approaching days. It was broadly anticipated that there could be no less than one Minister from the district due to the occasion’s spectacular efficiency right here in the latest elections. The Congress didn’t have an MLA from Kozhikode for over twenty years after the victory of the late P. Sankaran (Koyilandy) and A. Sujanapal (the then Kozhikode -1) in 2001. This time, the Congress might win from Kozhikode North, Koyilandy, Nadapuram, Elathur, and Balussery constituencies. It was anticipated that both district Congress committee president Ok. Praveenkumar, who received from Koyilandy, or Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee normal secretary Ok. Jayanth, who emerged victorious, albeit with a skinny majority, from Kozhikode North, might get a ministerial berth.

Caste, neighborhood, and regional equations might have come into play in the rejection of their possibilities. Likewise, there have been stories that A.Ok.M. Ashraf of the IUML, who received from Manjeswaram in Kasaragod by defeating former BJP State president Ok. Surendran, could possibly be included in the Cabinet.

In the meantime, the elevation of Mr. Siddique, a former Kozhikode DCC president, is perceived to make sure the illustration of each Kozhikode and Wayanad districts. Senior occasion chief Ok. Muraleedharan, who had been elected to the Lok Sabha earlier from Kozhikode and Vadakara, is one other identify that provides to the listing. He has household connections right here and owns a home in town.