Kerala CM to handle Finance, Law portfolios; Fisheries goes to IUML's Abdul Gafoor

Key points

• After internal wranglings and shuffling of departments between various Ministers, the newly elected United Democratic Front (UDF) government on Wednesday evening notified the Cabinet portfolios.
• Chief Minister V.D.
• Satheesan will be handling a total of 35 portfolios, including the key departments of Finance, Law, and Ports, signalling a possible concentration of powers.
• The portfolio announcements came two days after the swearing-in ceremony of the new government, with delays being attributed to both intra-party as well as inter-party differences within the UDF.
• One of the key issues which held up the official notification of the portfolios was with regard to the Fisheries portfolio, which will now be held by V.E.