Shailaja loses spot in Kerala cabinet
Shailaja loses spot in Kerala cabinet
IANS / Updated: May 19, 2021, 06:00 IST
Pinarayi includes son-in-law Riyaz in new team
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM True to his style of being the last word in the CPI-M and also in the government, chief minister Pinarayi
Vijayan delivered a beamer on Tuesday when he, much to the surprise and dismay of many, dropped the acclaimed health minister KK
Shailaja from his new cabinet, while he gave a ministerial post to his son-in-law PA Mohammed Riyaz.
The 21-member cabinet includes 12 from the CPI-M, four from the CPI, one each from the Kerala Congress (M),
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A hoarding in Kozhikode declaring CM Pinarayi Vijayan the ‘captain’
KOZHIKODE: CPM strongman P Jayarajan has triggered a debate over the cult of personality in the party. Reflecting the divergent views among CPM leaders over calling chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan as ‘captain’ rather than comrade, Jayarajan wrote in a Facebook post on Saturday that as far as CPM is concerned, the party is the captain. In a carefully worded post that on the surface appears to justify the ‘captain’ remark as an innocuous display of affection by people, Jayarajan, however, points out that it was not individuals but the CPM and the LDF that are the surety (Urappu) of the people.