With the Narendra Modi-led NDA Government set to be sworn in for a second consecutive term on Thursday, the state is eagerly awaiting a berth in the new Union Cabinet.
Former Chief Secretary and BJP fellow traveller C V Anandabose, who’s the brain behind low-cost housing projects and fishermen vision document, is one of the front-runners for a  berth in the Modi Government. 
Two others - BJP national executive member and party’s former state chief V Muraleedharan and former Union Minister Alphons Kannanthanam - are being considered. Muraleedharan a former RSS pracharak, had functioned as ABVP former national general secretary. Several senior RSS leaders at the national level are his contemporaries in the organisation and this leverage will do good for the senior leader.