Proposed Ministers from CPM and CPI

Vijayan was elected to lead his party at a meeting of his party leadership on Friday. Pinarayi Vijayan would be sworn-in as Kerala's 12nd chief minister on May 25 at the Thiruvananthapuram central stadium in the state capital. Generally, the new cabinet takes oath at the Raj Bhavan but this time, deviating from the routine, the LDF is expecting a larger turnout of invitees and hence a bigger venue. Like in 2011, the LDF is contemplating a 19-member ministry. There would be 12 members from the CPM, including the chief minister, 4 from the CPI and one each from the Janata Dal (S), Kerala Congress (S) and the NCP. The ministry will have eight new faces from the CPM, sources said. The names believed to be finalized E.P. Jayarajan, K.K. Shailaja, A.K. Balan, T.P. Ramakrishnan, J. Mercykuttiyamma, G. Sudhakaran, T.M. Thomas Isaac, A.C. Moitheen, K.T. Jaleel, C. Raveendranath and Kadakampally Surendran. Ponnani MLA and CPM leader P. Sreeramakrishnan is likely to be the Speaker. CPI ministers to be new faces

Meanwhile, it is believed that all the four ministers from the CPI, the second largest constituent of the LDF, will be new faces. E. Chandrasekharan, V.S. Sunil Kumar, K. Raju and P. Thilothaman are likely to be the ministers from the CPI.

Chirayinkeezhu MLA V Sasi will be recommended for the post of Deputy Speaker.It is believed that Thomas Isaac will handle finance while the department of industries will go to E.P. Jayarajan. Shailaja is likely to be the health minister. The decisions were taken by the CPM state secretariat, which met at AKG Centre, the party headquarters, here.