Sitaram Yechury says CPI(M) central leadership did not intervene in candidate selection, Cabinet formation in Kerala

The CPI(M) general secretary says the question of which elected candidate serves as Minister is solely in the domain of the respective State committee

Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday scotched reports that the party's central leadership was at odds with the Kerala unit for not including former Health Minister K. K. Shailaja in the second Left Democratic Front (LDF) ministry. "The question of who will be a candidate in the Assembly election and which elected candidate will serve as Minister in the government is solely in the domain of the respective State committee. The central party leadership has nothing to do with Cabinet formation. It has been the case in West Bengal when the CPI(M) ruled the State for seven terms. The same is the case in Kerala,” he said.