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.
The Kerala Council of Ministers, during Nayanar's first term as Chief Minister of Kerala, consisted of:
Ministers MinisterMinistryNotes1 E.K. Nayanar Chief Minister2 K. R. Gowri Amma Minister for Agriculture and Social Welfare3 M. K. Krishnan Minister for Harijan Welfare4 T.K. Ramakrishnan Minister for Home Affairs5 E. Chandrasekharan Nair Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Housing6 P. S. Sreenivasan Minister for Revenue and Fisheries7 A. Subba Rao Minister for Irrigation8 Aryadan Muhammed Minister for Labour and ForestsResigned w. e. f. 16 October 19819 P. C. Chacko Minister for IndustriesResigned w. e. f. 16 October 198110 Vakkom B. Purushothaman Minister for Health and TourismResigned w. e. f. 16 October 198111 A. C. Shanmughadas Minister for Community Development and SportsResigned w. e. f. 16 October 198112 Baby John Minister for Education13 R.S. Unni Minister for Local Administration14 Lonappan Nambadan Minister for Transport15 K.M. Mani Minister for Finance and Law16 R. Balakrishna Pillai Minister for Electricity17 P. M. Abubacker Minister for Public Works
See also List of chief ministers of Kerala List of Kerala ministers
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