First Nayanar ministry

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.

Ideological differences among the ruling partners arose, culminating in the withdrawal of support to the ministry by the Congress (S). When the eight-member Kerala Congress (M) also withdrew support to the Government, Nayanar tendered resignation and President's rule was imposed.[1]

The Kerala Council of Ministers, during Nayanar's first term as Chief Minister of Kerala, consisted of:[2]

Ministers
MinisterMinistryNotes
1E.K. NayanarChief Minister
2K. R. Gowri AmmaMinister for Agriculture and Social Welfare
3M. K. KrishnanMinister for Harijan Welfare
4T.K. RamakrishnanMinister for Home Affairs
5E. Chandrasekharan NairMinister for Food, Civil Supplies and Housing
6P. S. SreenivasanMinister for Revenue and Fisheries
7A. Subba RaoMinister for Irrigation
8Aryadan MuhammedMinister for Labour and ForestsResigned w. e. f. 16th October, 1981
9P. C. ChackoMinister for IndustriesResigned w. e. f. 16th October, 1981
10Vakkom B. PurushothamanMinister for Health and TourismResigned w. e. f. 16th October, 1981
11A. C. ShanmughadasMinister for Community Development and SportsResigned w. e. f. 16th October, 1981
12Baby JohnMinister for Education
13R.S. UnniMinister for Local Administration
14Lonappan NambadanMinister for Transport
15K.M. ManiMinister for Finance and Law
16R. Balakrishna PillaiMinister for Electricity
17P. M. AbubackerMinister for Public Works

See also

Notes
  1. "Political Background - Government of Kerala, India". 10 November 2019. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  2. "Council of Ministers since 1957 – Sixth Kerala Legislative Assembly". Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013.


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