Thiruvananthapuram, May 20 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan has retained the plum portfolios of Finance, Law and Ports in the 21-member United Democratic Front (UDF) ministry, whose portfolio allocation was finalised after days of intense coalition discussions and internal bargaining.The Cabinet composition reflects the coalition arithmetic within the ruling front, with the Congress securing 12 berths and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) five.The remaining four berths have gone …
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Thiruvananthapuram, May 14 (IANS) Having comfortably crossed the first and biggest hurdle by securing the Congress high command’s backing to become Kerala’s next Chief Minister, V. D. Satheesan now steps into what could prove an equally delicate political exercise — stitching together a cabinet capable of balancing coalition pressures, factional equations, and soaring expectations within the Congress-led United Democratic Front. Despite the United Democratic Front’s massive mandate of 102…