Chennithala joins Chandy govt today as Cong attempts to appease Hindu Nair community

Congress state president Ramesh Chennithala would join the Oommen Chandy government on Wednesday in a pre-poll bid to indulge the upper class Hindu Nair community. Chennithala, a Nair, is slated to get Home, replacing Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, a Nair close to Chandy. Chennithala's cabinet entry has been in the air for several months but a decision was delayed as he was reluctant to accept any portfolio other than the home department.

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