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First E. K. Nayanar ministry

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The Sixth Kerala Legislative Assembly Council of Ministers, first E. K. Nayanar ministry, was a Kerala Council of Ministers (Kerala Cabinet), the executive wing of Kerala state government, led by Communist Party leader E. K. Nayanar from 25 January 1980 to 20 October 1981. It had 17 ministries. Many of its ministers were from Congress (A), a party split off from the Indian National Congress (Urs) by A K Antony, when the Congress (Urs) was accused of rampant corruption.

The Kerala Council of Ministers, during Nayanar's first term as Chief Minister of Kerala, consisted of:

  • E.K. Nayanar – Chief Minister
  • K.R. Gouri – Agriculture and Social Welfare Minister
  • M.K. Krishnan – Harijan Welfare Minister
  • T.K. Ramakrishnan – Home Minister (Interior Minister)
  • E. Chandrasekharan Nair – Food, Civil Supplies and Housing Minister
  • P.S. Sreenivasan – Revenue and Fisheries Minister
  • Dr. A. Subba Rao – Irrigation Minister
  • Aryadan Muhammed – Labour and Forests Minister
  • P.C. Chacko – Industries
  • Vakkom B. Purushothaman – Health and Tourism
  • A.C. Shanmugha Das – Community Development and Sports
  • Baby John – Education
  • R.S. Unni – Local Administration
  • Lonappan Nambadan – Transport
  • K.M. Mani – Finance and Law
  • R. Balakrishna Pillai – Electricity
  • P.M. Abubacker – Public Works

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    First E. K. Nayanar ministry Wikipedia
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