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
A state government is the government that controls a subdivision of a country in a federal form of government, which shares political power with the federal or national government. A state government may have some level of political autonomy, or ...
, led by
Communist Party leader
E. K. Nayanar
Erambala Krishnan Nayanar (9 December 191919 May 2004) was an Indian Communist politician of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI(M). He served three terms as the Chief Minister of Kerala (1980–1981, 1987–1991 and 1996–2001) for ...
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)
The Indian National Congress (U) was a breakaway faction of the Indira Gandhi-led Congress (I), formed in July 1979 by D. Devaraj Urs, the then Chief Minister of Karnataka. Urs' explanation of the split was the return of Indira's son Sanjay G ...
by
A K Antony
Arackaparambil Kurien Antony (born 28 December 1940) is an Indian politician and attorney who was the 23rd Defence Minister of India. He was Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, from Kerala from 1985 to 1995 and again from 2005 to 2022. He a ...
, 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
In India, President's rule is the suspension of state government and imposition of direct Union government rule in a state. Under Article 356 of the Constitution of India, if a state government is unable to function according to Constitutional ...
was imposed.
The Kerala Council of Ministers, during Nayanar's first term as Chief Minister of Kerala, consisted of:
Ministers
See also
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List of Chief Ministers of Kerala
*
List of Kerala ministers
Kerala Council of Ministers, are elected legislative members, who are appointed as ministers by the Kerala State Governor to form the executive branch of the Government of Kerala. They hold various portfolios as decided by the Chief Minister o ...
Notes
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1980 establishments in Kerala
1981 disestablishments in India
Cabinets established in 1980
Cabinets disestablished in 1981
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