R. Sankar Ministry

R Sankar Ministry
2nd cabinet of Kerala
26th Sep 1962 – 10th Sep 1964
Date formed 22 February 1960
Date dissolved 26th September 1962
People and organisations
Head of government R. Sankar
Member party Indian National Congress
Opposition party Communist Party of India
History
Election(s) Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 1960
Predecessor Pattam Ministry
Successor Second EMS Ministry


Background

R. Sankar became the Chief Minister of Kerala when Pattom Thanupillai was appointed as Governor of Punjab State. He remained as the Chief Minister of Kerala from September 26, 1962 to September 10, 1964. He had to resign when a No-confidence motion was passed in the Assembly.

Congress party went through a split during this period. The resignation of P. T. Chacko from the R. Sankar Ministry had paved the way to the eventual formation of Kerala Congress. After his untimely death, the Chacko loyalists in the Congress party grouped together and formed the Kerala Congress under the leadership of K. M. George from Muvattupuzha with the blessings of Mannath Padmanabhan [6]

Council of Ministers

MinisterMinistry/Portfolio
1R.SankarChief Minister
2P.T.ChackoMinister for Home Affairs (Resigned with effect from 20th February, 1964)
3K.A.Damodara MenonMinister for Industries
4P.P.Ummer KoyaMinister for Local Administration, Fisheries & Public Works
5K.T.AchuthanMinister for Transport & Labour
6E.P.PouloseMinister for Food & Agriculture
7K.KunhabuMinister for Harijan Welfare&Registration
8D.Damodaran Potti Minister for Public Works (Resigned w.e.f.8th October1962)
9K.ChandrasekharanMinister for Law and Revenue (Expired on 26 August 1962)
10M.P.Govindan NairMinister for Public Health (Assumed office on 9th Oct.1962)
11T.A.ThommanMinister for Land Revenue, Law & Legislation (Assumed office on 2nd March, 1964)

Vote of No-Confidence

Home Minister in R. Shankar cabinet, P. T Chacko had to resign. This paved the way to frequent infighting in Congress party. After the death of P. T. Chacko in Aug 1964, K. M. George took the leadership of the dissident group in Congress. 15 Congress MLAs requested the Speaker of the House to be considered as a separate group - under the Leadership of K. M. George and Deputy Leader R. Balakrishna Pillai. Subsequenty, a no-confidence motion was presented in the assembly. After two days of discussion, the no-confidence motion passed 50 against 73 votes and R. Sankar resigned.

Dissidents from the Congress party subsequently formed a new party Kerala Congress

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