Thiruvananthapuram: CPI(M)-led LDF, which was elected to power in the May 16 assembly polls in Kerala, today decided to have a leaner cabinet with only 19 ministers. The Pinarayi Vijayan-led new ministry, which will be sworn in on May 25, will have only 19 ministers, LDF convener Vaikom Viswan told reporters here after the LDF state committee meeting here this evening.
Of the 19 ministers, CPI(M) will have 12, CPI four, Janata Dal(S), NCP and Cong(S) one each, Viswan said.
