India, May 25 -- Congress leader VD Satheesan was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Keralam on Monday, officially bringing the Congress-led UDF back to power after a ten-year hiatus, following their landslide victory in the 2026 Assembly elections. He was felicitated by actor Mohanlal during a grand reception organised in Kochi, in the Ernakulam district.

Addressing a gathering, Mohanlal said, "If we can help improve the roads that kill and the filth that destroys that land, we can do great things. Another thing: drugs. 'Narcotics is a dirty business,' says one of my characters (His mass dialogue in Irupathaam Noottandu and later in Lucifer). Drugs are still flowing through Keralam. It's even found in the surroundings of our schoolch...