Governor administers oath of office to K B Ganesh Kumar and Kadannappally Ramachandran 

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: K B Ganesh Kumar and Kadannappally Ramachandran were inducted into the Pinarayi Government. Governor Arif Muhammad Khan administered the oath of office to both of them at a function held in the Raj Bhavan in the presence of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and other ministers.

Ganesh Kumar took oath in the name of God. The Governor and the Chief Minister did not speak to each other during the six-minute-long function. The chief minister returned without attending the tea party.

Antony Raju and Ahmed Devarkovil, who had completed two and a half years in the ministry as per the previous agreement of the Left Front, had earlier tendered their resignations. The front decided to replace them with Kerala Congress B’ K B Ganesh Kumar and Congress S' Kadannappally Ramachandran as ministers.

Ganesh Kumar got only the transport department held by Antony Raju. The CPM had decided not to give the cultural affairs to Ganesh Kumar. Kadannapally got the port department. There may be changes in the portfolios. Ramachandran Kadannappally is a member of the assembly from Kannur.