Pattom Thanupillai Ministry

Pattam Thanu Pillai Ministry
2nd cabinet of Kerala
22 Feb 1960 – 26 Sep 1962
Date formed 22 February 1960
Date dissolved 26th September 1962
People and organisations
Head of government Pattam A. Thanu Pillai
Member party Praja Socialist Party
Opposition party Communist Party of India
History
Election(s) Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 1960
Predecessor First EMS Ministry
Successor R. Sankar Ministry

The Pattom A Thanupillai Ministry was a Kerala government ministry formed on 22 February 1960 and lasted till 26th September, 1962.

Background

After E M S Namboothiripad Government was dismissed, Kerala was under President rule. Elections were held to the legislative assembly on 1 February 1960.[1]

Indian National Congress became the largest party with 63 seats in the assembly after the elections. Communists became the second largest party 26 seats and Praja Socialist Party (PSP) got 20 seats. Congress and PSP formed a coalition government, with Pattam A Thanu Pillai of PSP as the Chief Minister, and R Shankar from Congress as the Deputy Chief Minister. Even though PSP was a junior partner in the coalition, Pattam was chosen as the Chief Minister because of his seniority in Kerala's politics. Pattam previously held the posts of Prime Minister in the erstwhile Travancore state, and later the Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin state.

Pattam resigned in 26 September 1962 when he was posted as the Governor of Punjab. This paved the way for the first Congress chief minister in Kerala under R. Sankar.

Council of Ministers

MinisterMinistry/Portfolio
1Pattam A. Thanu PillaiChief Minister
2R. Sankar Deputy Chief Minister, Finance
3P. T. ChackoMinister for Home Affairs
4K.A.Damodara MenonMinister for Industries
5P. P. Ummer KoyaDepartment of Education
6K.T.AchuthanMinister for Transport & Labour
7E.P.Poulose Minister for Food & Agriculture
8V.K.VelappanMinister for Public Health & Electricity (Expired on 26 August 1962)
9K.KunhambuMinister for Harijan upliftment & Registration
10D.Damodaran PottiMinister for Public Works
11K.ChandrasekharanMinister for Law & Revenue

See also

References

  1. ↑ "History of Kerala Legislature". Kerala Government. Retrieved July 30, 2015.


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