THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Superstars Mohanlal and Kamal Haasan are unlikely to join the scheduled government function in Thiruvananthapuram, where Kerala will be declared as an extreme-poverty-free state.

Mohanlal is currently in Dubai, while Kamal Haasan is busy with film-related events in Chennai. Megastar Mammootty will attend the function. He has reached Thiruvananthapuram by flight from Kochi in the morning.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will declare Kerala an extreme poverty-free state at a conference to be held at the Thiruvananthapuram Central Stadium at 5 pm. Minister M B Rajesh will preside.

Addressing a press conference yesterday, M.B. Rajesh said that a poverty-free Kerala was made a reality through a four-year-long process. The decision to eradicate extreme poverty was the firs

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