 He held the Vigilance Portfolio, handed over from then Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.He handed over the charges of Home Ministry to Ramesh Chennithala from 1 January 2014, and took the Forest, Transport, Sports, Cinema & Environment portfolios.Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan was born to K. P. Parameswaran Pillai and M. G. Gourikutty on 26 December 1949 at Thiruvanchoor, Kottayam, Travancore Cochin.