First Nayanar ministry

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, led by Communist Party leader E. K. Nayanar 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) by A K Antony, when the Congress (Urs) was accused of rampant corruption.

First Nayanar Ministry
11th Cabinet of Kerala
1981–82
E. K. Nayanar
Date formed	25 January 1980
Date dissolved	20 October 1981
People and organisations
Head of government	E. K. Nayanar
Member parties	LDF
Status in legislature	Majority 93 / 140 (66%)
Opposition party	UDF
Opposition leader	K. Karunakaran
History
Election	1980 election
Predecessor	Koya ministry
Successor	Second Karunakaran ministry

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 was imposed.^[1]

The Kerala Council of Ministers, during Nayanar's first term as Chief Minister of Kerala, consisted of:^[2]

Ministers

	Minister	Ministry	Notes
1	E.K. Nayanar	Chief Minister
2	K. R. Gowri Amma	Minister for Agriculture and Social Welfare
3	M. K. Krishnan	Minister for Harijan Welfare
4	T.K. Ramakrishnan	Minister for Home Affairs
5	E. Chandrasekharan Nair	Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Housing
6	P. S. Sreenivasan	Minister for Revenue and Fisheries
7	A. Subba Rao	Minister for Irrigation
8	Aryadan Muhammed	Minister for Labour and Forests	Resigned w. e. f. 16th October, 1981
9	P. C. Chacko	Minister for Industries	Resigned w. e. f. 16th October, 1981
10	Vakkom B. Purushothaman	Minister for Health and Tourism	Resigned w. e. f. 16th October, 1981
11	A. C. Shanmughadas	Minister for Community Development and Sports	Resigned w. e. f. 16th October, 1981
12	Baby John	Minister for Education
13	R.S. Unni	Minister for Local Administration
14	Lonappan Nambadan	Minister for Transport
15	K.M. Mani	Minister for Finance and Law
16	R. Balakrishna Pillai	Minister for Electricity
17	P. M. Abubacker	Minister for Public Works

See also

• List of chief ministers of Kerala
• List of Kerala ministers

Notes

1. "Political Background - Government of Kerala, India". 10 November 2019. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
2. "Council of Ministers since 1957 – Sixth Kerala Legislative Assembly". Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013.