Congress’ V.D. Satheesan will take oath as the Chief Minister of Kerala, at 10 a.m. at the Central Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram today (May 18, 2026), taking helm of the State’s UDF Government.
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Along with Mr. Satheesan, the UDF Cabinet will also be sworn in. Congress will have 11 Ministers in the Cabinet – Ramesh Chennithala, Sunny Joseph, K. Muraleedharan, A.P. Anil Kumar, P.C. Vishnunadh, T. Siddique, Bindu Krishna, K.A. Thulasi, Roji M. John, M. Liju and O.J. Janeesh. Five Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) MLAs — P.K. Kunhalikutty, N. Shamsudeen, K.M. Shaji, P.K. Basheer and V.E. Abdul Gafoor – will be sworn in as Ministers. Mons Joseph from Kerala Congress (Joseph), Shibu Baby John of the Revolutionary Socialist Party, Anoop Jacob from Kerala Congress (Jacob) and C.P. John of the Communist Marxist Party are the Ministers-designate from the other coalition partners in the UDF.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi are expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony. Extensive arrangements have been made for the swearing-in ceremony scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Central Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram where the Governor will administer the oath of office to Mr. Satheesan and his Cabinet.
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