Senior CPI-M Leader and former Assembly Speaker MB Rajesh was sworn in as minister in the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front(LDF) government in Kerala
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan administered the oath of office to Rajesh at a function held at the Raj Bhavan on Tuesday morning. Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his cabinet colleagues and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly V D Satheesan were present at the function.
Rajesh has been allocated the portfolios of local self-government and excise, earlier handled by MV Govindan.
Rajesh on Saturday tendered his resignation from the post of Assembly Speaker after the ruling CPI-M decided to appoint him as a minister in the LDF government.
51-year-old MB Rajesh assumed office after MV Govindan quit the cabinet, following his appointment as the CPI-M state secretary
A two-time Lok Sabha member from Palakkad, Rajesh won the Thrithala Assembly seat in the 2021 polls by defeating, youth Congress leader VT Balaram