Congress leader VD Satheesan was sworn in as the Kerala chief minister on Monday.
After a decade-long Left rule, Kerala is seeing a regime change, as a 21-member UDF cabinet is being sworn in at the state capital.
At Central Stadium, a massive stage has been set up for the oath-taking ceremony.
Congress president Mallikarjuna Kharge and top party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra among others are attending the swearing-in. Kerala joins Karnataka and Telangana to become the third Congress-ruled state in south in the recent times.
Tight security arrangements have been put in place across the state capital.
Thousands of UDF supporters from across Kerala have reached Thiruvananthapuram to witness the swearing-in ceremony.
The Congress-led alliance clinched a decisive victory in the recently held Assembly elections, unseating the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front.
Satheesan (61), who served as the Leader of the Opposition for the last five years, is credited with revitalising the party’s grassroots base.
