Sunday 29 May 2011: In response to the allegations raised by Congress leader T.N. Prathapan MLA on the formation of state cabinet Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Sunday that all the talented legislators cannot be included in the cabinet. The Chief Minister opined that there were no disputes in the UDF in connection with the allocation of Speaker, deputy speaker post in Assembly.
Earlier report
The Congress party’s Kerala unit has overlooked merit and experience in selecting its nine ministers in the 20-member Oommen Chandy cabinet, a senior party legislator said Sunday.
“One of the best performing legislator from the Congress in the past five years was V.D. Satheeshan. His performance has been applauded by one and all. But when it came to selecting ministers, he was not considered,” three time Congress legislator T.N. Prathapan said.
This is not the first time questions have been raised regarding the ministerial selections in the Congress-led UDF government. K. Muraleedharan, son of late Congress veteran K. Karunakaran, and senior party leader V.M. Sudheeran too have criticised the choice of ministers.
The UDF has 72 members and the opposition LDF 68 in the Kerala assembly, giving the ruling coalition only a slender majority.
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