Achuthanandan hopes positive response from Centre

Chief minister VS Achuthanandan on Thursday expressed hope that with six ministers from Kerala included in the Union Cabinet, "Centre's neglect" of the state will "come to an end".
    
"With six ministers from the state, we can expect good result towards state needs," he said after inaugurating the International Conference on Anti-Counterfeiting Technologies here.
    
"Let us hope that there will be an end to Centre's neglect to state requirements," Achuthanandan said.

AK Antony, Vayalar Ravi, E Ahamed, Mullapalli Ramachandran, Shashi Tharoor and KV Thomas are the MPs from the state included in the Union Ministry.