K K Shailaja
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[edit] 2021: Dropped from cabinet
May 19, 2021: The Times of India
The CPM, in a bid to induct fresh faces in the second Pinarayi Vijayan government, dropped the immensely popular K K Shailaja from the new cabinet, sending shockwaves across the state and among its own cadres, and leading to doubts on the continued efficacy of the state’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
The CPM MLAs formally elected Pinarayi Vijayan as its parliamentary party leader and chief minister candidate and announced 11 names to be inducted as ministers in the second LDF government, scheduled to be sworn in. Shailaja has been made the party whip.
CPM sticks to pre-election policy, brings in new faces
The new list of Kerala ministers was finalised by the CPM politburo — comprising Pinarayi Vijayan, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, MA Baby and S Ramachandran Pillai.
The party decided not to tamper with the policy it adopted ahead of the election, of giving preference to new faces. It had denied tickets to those who contested polls twice in succession, including senior members like G Sudhakaran and TM Thomas Isaac. It decided to include all new faces in the next ministry. Politburo member Balakrishnan then presented the list before the state committee members for ratification. Barring a handful of leaders in the 88-member committee, nobody opposed the secretariat decision.
The new ministers include CPM central committee member and three-time MLA MV Govindan, central committee member and former speaker K Radhakrishnan, state secretariat members and former MPs P Rajeeve and KN Balagopal, state committee members Saji Cherian, VN Vasavan, V Sivankutty and Mohammed Riyas, former Thrissur mayor R Bindu and politician-cum-businessman V Abdurahiman. Riyas is the son-in-law of CM Vijayan and Bindu is the wife of CPM acting secretary and LDF convener A Vijayaraghavan.
State committee member MB Rajesh is party’s speaker candidate while TP Ramakrishnan parliamentary party secretary. The portfolios will be decided by Vijayan later. Vijayan called on governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Tuesday evening and staked a claim to form the new government. The CPM members claimed that the party’s decision to go ahead with a cabinet of new faces was well thought out and only a party like CPM can take such a decision. Shailaja also endorsed the decision.
