Sankar ministry

R Sankar Ministry
2nd Cabinet of Kerala
26 September 1962 – 10 September 1964
File:Chief Minister of Kerala 3 - R Shankar.jpg
Date formed	22 February 1960
Date dissolved	26 September 1962
People and organisations
Head of government	R. Sankar
Member party	Indian National Congress
Opposition party	Communist Party of India
History
Election(s)	Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 1960
Predecessor	Pattam Ministry
Successor	Second EMS Ministry

Background

R. Sankar became the Chief Minister of Kerala when Pattom Thanupillai was appointed as Governor of Punjab State. He remained as the Chief Minister of Kerala from 26 September 1962 to 10 September 1964. He had to resign when a No-confidence motion was passed in the Assembly.

Congress party went through a split during this period. The resignation of P. T. Chacko from the R. Sankar Ministry had paved the way to the eventual formation of Kerala Congress. After his untimely death, the Chacko loyalists in the Congress party grouped together and formed the Kerala Congress under the leadership of K. M. George from Muvattupuzha with the blessings of Mannath Padmanabhan [6]

Council of Ministers

	Minister	Ministry/Portfolio
1	R.Sankar	Chief Minister
2	P.T.Chacko	Minister for Home Affairs (Resigned with effect from 20 February 1964)
3	K.A.Damodara Menon	Minister for Industries
4	P.P.Ummer Koya	Minister for Local Administration, Fisheries & Public Works
5	K.T.Achuthan	Minister for Transport & Labour
6	E.P.Poulose	Minister for Food & Agriculture
7	K.Kunhabu	Minister for Harijan Welfare&Registration
8	D.Damodaran Potti	Minister for Public Works (Resigned w.e.f.8th October1962)
9	K.Chandrasekharan	Minister for Law and Revenue (Expired on 26 August 1962)
10	M.P.Govindan Nair	Minister for Public Health (Assumed office on 9 October 1962)
11	T.A.Thomman	Minister for Land Revenue, Law & Legislation (Assumed office on 2 March 1964)

Vote of No-Confidence

Home Minister in R. Shankar cabinet, P. T Chacko had to resign. This paved the way to frequent infighting in Congress party. After the death of P. T. Chacko in Aug 1964, K. M. George took the leadership of the dissident group in Congress. 15 Congress MLAs requested the Speaker of the House to be considered as a separate group under the Leadership of K. M. George and Deputy Leader R. Balakrishna Pillai. Subsequently, a no-confidence motion was presented in the assembly. After two days of discussion, the no-confidence motion passed 50 against 73 votes and R. Sankar resigned.

Dissidents from the Congress party subsequently formed a new party Kerala Congress

See also

• List of Chief Ministers of Kerala
• List of Kerala ministers
• Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 1960

References

• http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/Ministers%20Book%20Final.pdf
• "Official website of INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATION DEPARTMENT OF KERALA". prd.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)