<p>O R Kelu was sworn in as a minister in the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front government in Kerala on Sunday.</p><p>He took oath from Governor Arif Mohammed Khan at the Raj Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and other senior politicians were present.</p><p>A native of Wayanad, Kelu is the second minister in Kerala from the scheduled tribe community after Congress's P K Jayalakshmi, who was a minister in the previous Congress government led by Oommen Chandy.</p>.PETA India gifts life-size mechanical elephant to Kerala temple.<p>Kelu is replacing Devaswom and SC and ST welfare minister K Radhakrishnan, who resigned from cabinet on being elected to the Lok Sabha. Kelu will be given the SC and ST welfare portfolio only.</p><p>Even as the BJP and some tribal outfits criticised the decision not to give Devaswom portfolio to Kelu, the two-time MLA told a section of media that he was a first time minister and hence it would be difficult for him to handle more portfolios.</p>
<p>O R Kelu was sworn in as a minister in the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front government in Kerala on Sunday.</p><p>He took oath from Governor Arif Mohammed Khan at the Raj Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and other senior politicians were present.</p><p>A native of Wayanad, Kelu is the second minister in Kerala from the scheduled tribe community after Congress's P K Jayalakshmi, who was a minister in the previous Congress government led by Oommen Chandy.</p>.PETA India gifts life-size mechanical elephant to Kerala temple.<p>Kelu is replacing Devaswom and SC and ST welfare minister K Radhakrishnan, who resigned from cabinet on being elected to the Lok Sabha. Kelu will be given the SC and ST welfare portfolio only.</p><p>Even as the BJP and some tribal outfits criticised the decision not to give Devaswom portfolio to Kelu, the two-time MLA told a section of media that he was a first time minister and hence it would be difficult for him to handle more portfolios.</p>
