India, May 16 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said he will miss the swearing-in ceremony of VD Satheesan as Kerala Chief Minister due to a scheduled visit to the United States.

Tharoor said he would be in Boston to deliver the commencement address at the graduation ceremony of his alma mater, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He will also participate in the 50th anniversary reunion of his graduating class.

In a post on X, the Thiruvananthapuram MP expressed regret over missing the ceremony and described it as "an occasion for celebrating the past in the US even as I look forward to the future in Kerala."

The swearing-in ceremony of VD Satheesan is scheduled to take place in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday followi...