IUML to get five Cabinet posts in UDF government in Kerala
The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) will secure five ministerial positions in the United Democratic Front (UDF) government in Kerala. The ministers-designate include P.K. Kunhalikutty, P.K. Basheer, V.E. Abdul Gafoor, K.M. Shaji, and N. Shamsudheen. A sixth IUML leader, Parakkal Abdulla, is expected to join the Cabinet after two-and-a-half years, though the details of the reshuffle remain undecided.
- ▪The IUML will have five ministers in the UDF Cabinet in Kerala.
- ▪The ministers-designate are P.K. Kunhalikutty, P.K. Basheer, V.E. Abdul Gafoor, K.M. Shaji, and N. Shamsudheen.
- ▪Parakkal Abdulla will be inducted into the Cabinet after two-and-a-half years, but it is unclear who will make way for him.
- ▪Chief Minister-designate V.D. Satheesan will decide the portfolios for the IUML ministers.
- ▪The final list of ministers and their portfolios will be sent to the Governor for approval before publication in the public gazette.
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The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) will get five ministerial berths in the United Democratic Front (UDF) Cabinet in Kerala.Syed Sadikali Shihab Thangal, IUML State president, identified the Ministers-designate as P.K. Kunhalikutty, P.K. Basheer, V.E. Abdul Gafoor, K.M. Shaji, and N. Shamsudheen.He said the UDF will induct IUML leader Parakkal Abdulla, who hails from Kozhikode, into the Cabinet after the government completes two-and-a-half years in office. However, Mr. Thangal demurred when asked which Minister would step down in favour of Mr. Abdulla. “It is a decision which the party will take in the future,” he added.Mr. Kunhalikutty said Chief Minister-designate V.D. Satheesan will decide the portfolios for the IUML Ministers.
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