Thiruvananthapuram, May 17 -- Sivagiri Mutt president Swami Sachidananda today urged Chief Minister-designate V. D. Satheesan to ensure stronger representation in the new UDF Cabinet and pressed for inclusion of leaders associated with Sivagiri Mutt and Sree Narayana organisations in ministerial positions.
In a meeting held in Thiruvananthapuram, Swami Sachidananda specifically requested that three or four capable MLAs linked to Sivagiri Mutt and affiliated Sree Narayana organisations be considered for ministerial berths in the new Cabinet, highlighting their organisational association and electoral mandate.
He pointed out that nine UDF MLAs connected to Sree Narayana organisations had won the recent Assembly elections, and said deserving...