VD Satheesan Takes Oath as Chief Minister of Kerala

V D Satheesan took oath as the Chief Minister of Kerala on Monday at the Central Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, along with his full Council of Ministers, marking the return of the United Democratic Front (UDF) to power after a decade. 

Senior Congress leaders including party president Mallikarjun Kharge, leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi MP, Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy attended the oath taking



ceremony.

The 20-member Cabinet that took oath along with Satheesan includes senior Congress leaders Ramesh Chennithala, K Muraleedharan and KPCC chief Sunny Joseph, along with Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leaders PK Kunhalikutty, PK Basheer, N Samsudheen, KM Shaji and VE Abdul Gafoor. Other ministers in the Cabinet are Mons Joseph, Shibu Baby John, Anoop Jacob, CP John, AP Anil Kumar, T Siddique, PC Vishnunath, Roji M John, Bindu Krishna, M Liju, KA Thulasi and O J Janeesh.