Kerala: Pinarayi Vijayan to be sworn-in as Chief Minister today

Pinarayi Vijayan, veteran CPI-M polit bureau member, is all set to be sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Kerala on 25 May.

The oath ceremony is slated to take place at 4 pm. Governor P. Sathasivam will also administer the oath of office and secrecy to 18 ministers in Thiruvananthapuram. Most of the ministers to be sworn-in this evening are new faces.

The list of ministers released by CPI-M Kerala State Committee showed that eight MLAs are becoming ministers for the first time. There will be 12 minister from CPI-M including Vijayan.

While four ministers will be from CPI, three others are from Congress(S), NCP and JD(S).

CPI(M)-led left Democratic Front (LDF) came back to power in Kerala after five years, winning 91 seats in the 140 member Assembly, while UDF won 47 seats.

For the first time in the history of Kerala Assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party opened its account winning one seat.

--With ANI Inputs