In Relation to Council of Ministers

The Chief Minister enjoys the following powers as head of the state council of ministers:

(a) The governor appoints only those persons as ministers who are recommended by the Chief Minister.

(b) He allocates and reshuffles the portfolios among ministers.

(c) He can ask a minister to resign or advise the governor to dismiss him in case of difference of opinion.

(d) He presides over the meetings of the council of ministers and influences its decisions.

(e) He guides, directs, controls and coordinates the activities of all the ministers.

(f) He can bring about the collapse of the council of ministers by resigning from office. Since the Chief Minister is the head of the council of ministers, his resignation or death automatically dissolves the council of ministers. The resignation or death of any other minister, on the other hand, merely creates a vacancy, which the Chief Minister may or may not like to fill.