CPI(M) drops K.K. Shylaja, imbues next LDF cabinet with a crop of new legislators
The Hindu
Predictably, CPI(M) nominates Polit Bureau member Pinarayi Vijayan as the parliamentary party leader and chief minister-designate
Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State committee on Tuesday dropped high-profile ministers, notably Health Minister K. K. Shylaja, from the next Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet. Instead, it nominated her as the party's whip in the next Assembly. Ms. Shylaja’s non-inclusion in the cabinet had come as a surprise for many. She was touted as the face of Kerala's struggle against the Nipah virus and later the COVID-19 pandemic. Ms. Shailaja had won with a decisive majority of 60,000 votes from the Mattannur constituency in Kannur. It was widely reported that the CPI(M) would make an exception in Ms. Shylaja's case, given Kerala's continuing struggle against the pandemic.More Related News