Thiruvananthapuram: O R Kelu took oath as Minister of Scheduled Caste Welfare Department. Governor Arif Muhammad Khan administered the oath in a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan at around 4 pm on Sunday. OR Kelu took the oath of office.
Kelu joins the cabinet to fill the vacancy of K Radhakrishnan who won the Lok Sabha elections. OR Kelu is an MLA from Wayanad Mananthavadi. OR Kelu is also the first minister of CPM from Wayanad.
Kelu has not been given all the departments that were handled by K Radhakrishnan. The Devaswom department was given to VN Vasavan and the parliamentary matter to MB Rajesh. There was a lot of criticism about not giving Devaswom department to Kelu. But the CPM explained that Kelu was not given all the departments because he was a minister for the first time.
