Thiruvananthapuram: K B Ganesh Kumar of Kerala Congress (B) and Kadannappalli Ramachandran of Congress (S) were sworn into the Kerala cabinet on Friday afternoon. 

The newly inducted K B Ganesh Kumar will get the transport department while Kadannappalli Ramachandran will get registration, museum and archeology portfolios. 

Governor Arif Mohammed Khan administered the oath at a function held at Raj Bhavan at 4 pm, which was attended by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Other Cabinet ministers ruling party leaders and officials concerned. However, the Opposition United Democratic Front boycotted the function in protest against the induction of Ganesh Kumar, who, according to them, conspired against its late leader and former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in the solar panel case.

Earlier, the Governor approved the state government's proposal for the induction of two new ministers into the state cabinet.

On Sunday, the LDF announced a cabinet reshuffle and said that the new ministers would be sworn in on December 29.

Following the understanding among the partners in the LDF, Antony Raju of the Democratic Kerala Congress and Ahammad Devarkovil of the Indian National League resigned as Transport Minister and Ports Minister, respectively.

When the second LDF government assumed power in the state in May 2021, partners in the CPM-led alliance had agreed to allocate cabinet berths to four single MLA parties on a "sharing the term" basis.

The decision to share the term was made citing constitutional clauses that restrict the cabinet to 21 members. 

With PTI inputs