Thiruvananthapuram, May 7 -- Amid efforts at government formation in Keralam following the United Democratic Front's (UDF) decisive victory in the assembly polls, Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) State Secretary Shibu Baby John has expressed hope that the new government will take oath in the next few days.

Congress-led UDF ended the decade-long rule of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) by securing a landslide 102 seats in the 140-member assembly.

John said the UDF scored a spectacular victory in the assembly polls. RSP is a constituent of UDF.

"We had an emphatic win. We discussed that... I hope within this week, by Saturday, Sunday, or early next week, the government will be sworn in," he said.

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