CM-elect Satheesan announces Kerala Cabinet, 21 ministers to take oath tomorrow

Kerala Chief Minister-designate V D Satheesan on Sunday announced his 21-member Cabinet ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the new government in the state.

Addressing a press conference, Satheesan said the oath-taking ceremony would take place at 10 am and noted that, after six decades, an entire UDF Cabinet would take oath together.

?After 60 years, the entire UDF cabinet is set to take the oath tomorrow at 10 AM. We have completed the entire process within 24 hours, a feat unprecedented in the history of



Kerala. This was possible because, even after the elections, Team UDF remains Team UDF. The leaders respect each other,? he said.

Satheesan said the alliance had submitted the list of 20 ministers to the Governor and added that, including himself, 21 ministers would take oath on Monday. He said the Congress party would have 11 Cabinet ministers.

?We have 63 MLAs. Consequently, there are many individuals who could not be accommodated in the cabinet, in fact, more eligible than many others who were selected,? he said.