Synopsis Barring the Chief Minister, K Krishnankutty of JD-S and A K Saseendran of NCP, the Water Resources and Transport Ministers respectively in the previous LDF government, are the only old faces in the new ministry. Both CPI-M and CPI, the major partners in the ruling coalition, opted not to retain any of their ministers from the previous government. This is Vijayan's second stint as Chief Minister. The second Pinarayi Vijayan government, which comes to power bucking the four- decade-old trend of alternate front rule in Kerala, will have a 21-member-strong cabinet with a handful of first-time legislators and three women members, the highest in recent time.