CPMleader PinarayiVijayanon Thursday took oath for a second consecutive term as chief minister ofKeralabreaking the decades-old alternate shift of power between Left Democratic Front (LDF) and theUnited Democratic Front(UDF) in the state.
The Kerala on Wednesday directed the government to restrict the number of participants in the ceremony view of the pandemic.
He has 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.
Vijayan joined theCommunist Party of India Marxist(CPM) in 1964 and was elected as the 12th chief minister of Kerala after LDF came to power in 2016.