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A time earlier of his swearing-in ceremony, Kerala’s Chief Minister-designate V.D. Satheesan connected Sunday (May 17, 2026) unveiled the 20-member Council of Ministers of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government.
Congress volition person 11 Ministers successful the Cabinet – Ramesh Chennithala, Sunny Joseph, K. Muraleedharan, A.P. Anil Kumar, P.C. Vishnunadh, T. Siddique, Bindu Krishna, K.A. Thulasi, Roji M. John, M. Liju and O.J. Janeesh.
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Five Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) MLAs — P.K. Kunhalikutty, N. Shamsudeen, K.M. Shaji, P.K. Basheer and V.E. Abdul Gafoor – volition beryllium sworn successful arsenic Ministers. Mons Joseph from Kerala Congress (Joseph), Shibu Baby John of the Revolutionary Socialist Party, Anoop Jacob from Kerala Congress (Jacob) and C.P. John of the Communist Marxist Party are the Ministers-designate from the different conjugation partners successful the UDF.
Senior Congress person Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan volition beryllium the Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly and Congress person Shanimol Usman volition beryllium the Deputy Speaker, Mr. Satheesan said.
The IUML said its MLA Parakkal Abdulla volition regenerate 1 of the party’s Ministers aft two-and-a-half years truthful that Kozhikode territory gets represented successful the Cabinet.
Mr. Satheesan work retired the names of the Ministers-designate aft calling connected Governor Rajendra Arlekar astatine the Lok Bhavan connected Sunday evening to manus implicit the database of Ministers.
Addressing a property conference, Mr. Satheesan said portfolio allocation is being fixed last touches. The details volition beryllium shared with the Governor aft Monday’s swearing-in ceremonial and volition beryllium published done a authorities gazette.
Mr. Satheesan said a “complete Cabinet” volition beryllium sworn successful unneurotic for the archetypal clip successful 60 years. He pointed retired that the Cabinet has 2 women and 2 Ministers from the Scheduled Caste communities.
“We are precise overmuch delighted to accidental that we person completed the process wrong 24 hours. It is the fastest successful the past of Kerala. This is due to the fact that aft the election, squad UDF has remained squad UDF,” helium said. Of the 63 Congress MLAs successful the 102-strong UDF contingent successful the State Assembly, galore eligible names could not beryllium fixed Ministerial berths arsenic the enactment had to see societal and determination equations, helium said.
Extensive arrangements person been made for the swearing-in ceremony scheduled for 10 a.m. astatine the Central Stadium successful Thiruvananthapuram wherever the Governor volition administer the oath of bureau to Mr. Satheesan and his Cabinet.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, elder leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Telangana Chief Minister Revant Reddy, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Pinarayi Vijayan (who volition beryllium Kerala’s caller Opposition leader), BJP State president and MLA Rajeev Chandrasekhar and CPI State caput Binoy Viswam volition be the function, Mr. Satheesan said.
Describing himself arsenic a “Nehruvian socialist”, Kerala’s adjacent Chief Minister said the UDF authorities volition enactment towards creating a “Puthuyuga Keralam.”
