Vijayan enters record books for being sworn-in as CM for second straight term
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Mumbai: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan ats Mumbai Collective , in Mumbai on Feb 2, 2020.. Image Source: IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 20 : It was a day that members and supporters of the Left Democratic Front were eagerly awaiting since the results for the April 6 Assembly elections came out on May 2, as Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday took oath as Kerala Chief Minister for a second consecutive term, breaking an over four-decade pattern of alternating governments.
The LDF comfortably retained power, winning a record 99 seats in the 140-member Assembly and leaving the Congress-led united Democratic Front, which was hopeful of returning to power, with only 41.
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New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday will take oath for a second consecutive term as chief minister of Kerala breaking the decades-old alternate shift of power between Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) in the state.
Vijayan could become the only third Chief Minister in the state to be re-elected and the first to continue in office after completing a full term. The 76-year-old, who joined the Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM) in 1964 was elected as the 12th chief minister of Kerala after LDF came to power in 2016.
Thiruvananthapuram: Pinarayi Vijayan took oath as Kerala Chief Minister for a second consecutive term on Thursday, breaking an over four-decade pattern of alternating governments.
The Left Democratic Front comfortably retained power, winning a record 99 seats in the 140-member Assembly and leaving the Congress-led United Democratic Front, which was hopeful of returning to power, with only 41.
Governor Arif Mohammed Khan administered the oath of office to Vijayan and 20 of his cabinet colleagues at a function at the Central Stadium here.
The venue, spanning around 80,000 square feet, and comprising an impressive dais, decked with red flowers sourced from a local flower farm, was ready since morning.
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): Following the victory of Kerala Chief Minister and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Pinarayi Vijayan from the Dharmadam Assembly constituency and the ruling LDF appearing poised to form the government in Kerala again, he seems to be on course to become chief minister for a second term.
Pinarayi Vijayan Pinarayi Vijayan is an Indian politician and the current chief minister of Kerala. Serving since May 12, 2016, Vijayan is the 12th CM of the state. He is a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and served as the secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI(M) from 1998 to 2015, which made his tenure the longest ever. He had also served in the Kerala government prior to his current stint. He was the Minister of Electric Power and Co-operatives from 1996 to 1998 in the Kerala government. In the May 2016 Kerala elections, Vijayan won as the CPI(M) candidate from Dharmadom constituency.