Pinarayi Vijayan will head a 19-member cabinet of the Left Democratic Front governmentThiruvananthapuram: Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongman Pinarayi Vijayan was on Wednesday sworn in as the chief minister of Kerala. Hailing from a poor toddy tapper’s family, Vijayan, a first time chief minister, took the oath in Malayalam. In 2006 also, the swearing in of then chief minister V.S. A CPM Politburo member, he is the 12th chief minister of Kerala. Vijayan will be heading a 19-member cabinet of the CPM-led Left Democratic Front government that has 13 new faces including two women.

Source: Mint May 25, 2016 05:28 UTC