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India
oi-Deepika S
New Delhi, May 18: In an unexpected move, KK Shailaja, Kerala’s Health Minister, who was praised for handling the Covid pandemic, has been left out of the new cabinet of the Left-led government. She has been picked as the party’s Whip.
She is credited for her prompt action in tracking, isolation, and containment of the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
She had previously worked on the containment of the Nipah virus as well.
“All sitting Ministers have been dropped including Health Minister KK Shailaja. The party has selected MB Rajesh as Speaker candidate and KK Shailaja as Party Whip. TP Ramakrishnan has also been appointed as the Parliamentary Party Secretary,” said a statement from CPI(M) state committee.
Shailaja fondly referred to as teacher, who made waves with her handling of COVID-19 as health minister created history in the Kerala Assembly elections.
She secured the highest margin of victory in the history of an assembly election in the state. The 64 year old CPI(M) leader won from Mattannur in Kannur district with a margin of 60,963 votes.
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