<p>The Kerala High Court has directed the state government to consider minimising the participation at the swearing-in ceremony of the new government on Thursday.</p>.<p>The court directive came on petitions seeking a ban on the physical swearing-in ceremony owing to the Covid pandemic situation. The court declined to impose any ban on the ceremony.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/new-govt-in-kerala-to-swear-in-on-may-20-cms-son-in-law-among-probable-ministers-986928.html" target="_blank">Opposition to keep off new Kerala government's swearing-in ceremony</a></strong></p>.<p>Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan flayed the decision of opposition UDF to keep off from the swearing-in ceremony.</p>
<p>The Kerala High Court has directed the state government to consider minimising the participation at the swearing-in ceremony of the new government on Thursday.</p>.<p>The court directive came on petitions seeking a ban on the physical swearing-in ceremony owing to the Covid pandemic situation. The court declined to impose any ban on the ceremony.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/new-govt-in-kerala-to-swear-in-on-may-20-cms-son-in-law-among-probable-ministers-986928.html" target="_blank">Opposition to keep off new Kerala government's swearing-in ceremony</a></strong></p>.<p>Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan flayed the decision of opposition UDF to keep off from the swearing-in ceremony.</p>
