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The
Government of Kerala
Kerala is an
exemplary state of India, as it is one of the states which has been
successfully led by a string of coalition Governments. The two
Fronts ( group of political parties) in Kerala are - UDF (United
Democratic Front) which is led by Congress (I) and LDF (Left
Democratic Front) which is led by Communist Party of India
(Marxist). The Government is elected every 5 years. The observed
trend in Kerala is such that - if the UDF is in power this term,
then it is likely to be the LDF that will be in power the next term
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At present
our Government (the 11th Government) is lead by the UDF (United Democratic Front).
The latest elections were held in April 2000. The Government took oath on 17th
May 2001. The Members of the ruling Front are as follows:
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1.Congress (I) |
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2. Muslim League |
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3. Kerala Congress (M) |
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4. Kerala Congress (Jacob) |
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5. Kerala Congress ( B) |
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6. JSS |
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7. RSP (B) |
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8. CMP |
The
UDF has 99 seats in the assembly out of the 140 legislative
constituencies. The secretariat is located in the capital city -
Thiruvananthapuram. Following is a list of ministers in the
Assembly.
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Chief Minister |
A
K Antony (Home Minister) |
Congress (I) |
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Speaker |
Vakkom Purushothaman |
Congress (I) |
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Deputy Speaker |
Sundaran Nadar |
Independent |
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Opposition Leader |
V
S Achuthanathan |
CPI (M) |
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Finance Minister |
K
Sankara Narayanan |
Congress (I) |
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Education |
Nalakathu Sooppi |
(Muslim League) |
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P
W D |
Dr K M Muneer |
(Muslim League) |
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Industries |
P K
Kunjalikutty |
(Muslim League) |
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Local self administration |
Cherkalam Abdulla |
(Muslim League) |
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Revenue |
K
M Mani |
(Kerala Congress (M)) |
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Rural Development |
C
F Thomas |
(Kerala Congress (M)) |
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Irrigation |
T
M Jacob |
(Kerala Congress (Jacob)) |
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Transport |
K
B Ganesh Kumar |
(Kerala Congress (B)) |
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Agriculture |
K
R Gouri |
(JSS) |
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Labour |
Babu Divakaran |
(RSP
(B)) |
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Co operation |
M
V Raghavan |
(CMP) |
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Parliamentary affairs |
M
M Hassan |
(Kerala Congress (I)) |
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Culture |
G
Karthikeyan |
(Kerala Congress (I)) |
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Health |
P
Sankaran |
(Kerala Congress (I)) |
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Tourism |
Prof K V Thomas |
(Kerala Congress (I)) |
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Scheduled Caste/Tribes Youth Affairs |
Dr M A Kuttappan |
(Kerala Congress (I)) |
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Sports/Forest |
K
Sudhakaran |
(Kerala Congress (I)) |
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Electricity |
Kadavoor Sivdasan |
(Kerala Congress (I)) |
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