Veena George May Get Kerala Health Ministry, Held By KK Shailaja: Sources

Kerala: The portfolios that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will keep are Home, Information Technology and Minority Welfare, sources have said

Kerala's Left Democratic Front government will take on board 20 new ministers, including Communist Party of India (Marxist) MLA Veena George, who is likely to replace her party colleague, KK Shailaja, as the Health Minister, sources have said. The portfolios that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will keep are Home, Information Technology and Minority Welfare, sources have said. The others are KN Balagopal (Finance), P Rajeev (Industries and Law), MV Govindan (Local Self Government Department or LSGD and Excise), V Sivankutty (General Education and Labour), R Bindhu (Higher Education), Saji Cheriyan (Fisheries and Culture), PA Muhammed Riyas (Public Works Department and Tourism), K Radhakrishnan (Devasom, Parliamentary Affairs, SC/ST and welfare of backward classes), VN Vasavan (Cooperative Department and Registration), V Abdurahman (Sports, Waqaf and Hajj), Roshy Augustin (Water Resources), K Krishnan Kutty (Electricity), Ahammed Devarkovil (Ports, Museum and Archaeology), K Rajan (Revenue), GR Anil (Food and Civil Supplies), Chinchu Rani (Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development) and P Prasad (Agriculture). The person who will head the Transport Department is yet to be decided, sources have said.