CPI (M) veteran Pinarayi Vijayan will take oath as Kerala chief minister at 3 pm today at the Central Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. He was elected the parliamentary party leader on Tuesday and met Governor Arif Mohammed Khan soon after.

The new Kerala state cabinet will have 21 members including the chief minister. This time, the ruling Left Democratic Front has decided to replace all sitting ministers, including health minister KK Shailaja who has won praise for her handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.