Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday formed his cabinet of 21 new ministers after the LDF won a sweeping victory in the Kerala assembly elections. Surprisingly, KK Shailaja, whose work as a state health minister amid the Covid pandemic attracted much praise, is not a part of the Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet.
The former minister also known as "Shailaja Teacher", had won by the biggest margin in the recent election. She won by over 60,000 votes from the Mattannur constituency in Kannur district.
CPI(M) state committee said all sitting Ministers have been dropped, adding MB Rajesh has been selected as Speaker candidate while TP Ramakrishnan has been appointed as the Parliamentary Party Secretary. KK Shailaja has been picked as the Party Whip.