27 May 2009
K V Thomas, Mullappali Ramachandran, Shashi Tharoor, E Ahmed.
New Delhi: Four more members from Kerala will be joining the Union cabinet Thursday. They are: Mullappally Ramachandran elected from Vadakara, K V Thomas elected from Eranakulam, E Ahmed elected from Malappuram and Shashi Tharoor elected from Thiruvananthapuram.
Telephone message from PMO has asked the four MPs to be present at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday. A K Antony and Vayalar Ravi had already been sworn as cabinet ministers earlier. This is for the first time that six MPs from Kerala are being included in the union cabinet.
The four will be sworn-in on Thursday by 11.30 am. Though their portfolios have not yet been finalised, there are indications that K V Thomas may get fisheries ministry. Shashi Tharoor is expected to be minister of state for external affairs. While E Ahmed is expected be a minister of state with independent charges.
59 MPs will be taking oath of office Thursday. 14 cabinet ministers, seven ministers of state with independent charges and 38 ministers of state will be swearing in on Thursday. Farooq Abdullah will be given cabinet rank. The DMK from Tamil Nadu will have three berths in the cabinet.
Farooq Abdullah, Dayanidhi Maran, Prithviraj Chouhan, Pallam Raju, Mallikarjun Kharge, Oscar Fernandes, Ajay Makkan, Veerbhadra Singh, Purandeshwari, Salman Khurshid, M K Azhagiri, Jithin Prasada, Jyothiraditya Scindia, Sachin Pilot, Kumari Shelja, among others, will join the union cabinet Thursday.
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