NCP to replace its minister in Kerala

Forest Minister A.K. Saseendran will make way for Kuttanad MLA Thomas K. Thomas. NCP State President P.C. Chacko is scheduled to meet Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on October 3 to convey the party's decision.

Forest Minister Saseendran reportedly offered to vacate his Cabinet post at a special meeting chaired by NCP National President Sharad Pawar in Mumbai last week. A section of state and district leaders of the NCP had recommended Thomas K. Thomas as Saseendran's replacement.