Thiruvananthapuram: From receiving the prestigious Magsaysay Award, former Health Minister K.K. CPM banned Shailaja. The party is barred from receiving the Magsaysay Award for exemplary leadership in the fight against Covid-19 when he was the Minister of Health. The party banned Shailaja by pointing out that Ramon Magsaysay was the biggest anti-communist and political leaders have never been given this award.
K.K. has received the award established by the Magsaysay Foundation in the name of the former President of the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay, in consideration of the Covid-19 prevention activities. Considered Shailaja. Nipah resistance was also considered. But the CPM said that the fight against Covid was a collective effort of the state government and therefore should not receive an individual award. The leadership was instructing. C.P.M. General Secretary Sitaram Yechury also confirmed this. With this, KK said that he is not interested in accepting the award personally. Shailaja informed. She also thanked the award committee.
C.P.M. There was widespread criticism against the decision. The main propaganda is that it amounts to a “historical blunder” that prevented Jyoti Basu’s prime ministership. However, KK says that such comparison is unnecessary. Shailaja said.
At the same time, there was criticism within the party that behind the ban was the intervention of some people who were uneasy about the public support for Shailaja. The CPM held in the last few days There was a demand in the state committee and the secretariat that Shailaja should be made a minister again.
KK was one of the best performers in the first Pinarayi cabinet. Shailaja. They were at the forefront of Nipah and Covid prevention. Therefore, it was generally thought that he would get a ministerial post in the second Pinarayi government as well. But as no one in the first cabinet decided not to, he did not get a ministerial position. There was widespread protest against this within and outside the party. C.P.M. Despite the intervention of the central leadership, they could not overcome the party ban. Recently, there were reports of Shailaja’s return to the ministry. Meanwhile, the Magsaysay award controversy.
Ramon Magsaysay
Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay was the third president of the Philippines. He was an automobile mechanic and rose to fame as a guerrilla leader during the Pacific War. He later became the military governor of Zambales. The communist and socialist movements were strong in the country at that time. The U.S. is trying to suppress such popular movements. Used by Ramon Magsaysay. He led the massacre of hundreds of thousands of communists using his title of National Security Secretary. He earned the title of the world’s greatest anti-communist.
The Philippine government has been awarding the Magsaysay Award since 1957 in his memory. The prize money is around 40 lakh rupees.