Kerala Assembly: New MLAs take oath on opening day

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Thiruvananthapuram: Five newly-elected MLAs in Kerala were on Monday sworn in on the opening day of the Assembly session.

Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan administered oath to the new members, who were elected in the October 21 bypolls.

The members took oath in alphabetical order.

Konni MLA K U Jenesh Kumar of CPM took oath first followed by Indian Union Muslim League's (IUML) M C Kamarruddin from Manjeshwaram, who took oath in Kannada language.

Left MLA from Vattiyoorkavu, V K Prasanth, was the third person to take oath.

The lone woman legislator from the opposition Congress Shanimol Osman and Ernakulam legislator T J Vinod, took oath in the name of God.

As in the April 22 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP-NDA has failed to increase its tally from the present one in the 140-member House.

The 16th session of the Kerala Legislative Assembly, which began here on Monday is being convened after the bypolls, which had seen the ruling CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) winning two seats and Congress-headed United Democratic Front (UDF) opposition three.

The wresting of two sitting seats from the UDF would give the ruling front strength to counter the attack from the opposition during the 19 day-long session, which would conclude on November 21.

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The 16th session is likely to be stormy as the UDF opposition is expected to raise several allegations including corruption charges against ministers and the government as they had already raised the issues in the public platforms.

The alleged mark scandal against Higher Education Minister, K T Jaleel and the auditing row in connection with the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) are likely to be some among them.

Significant Bills, including 16 Bills to replace the ordinance promulgated by the Governor, would come up during the present session.

The discussion and voting on the Supplementary Demands for Grants in the budget for the Financial Year 2010-20 would be held on November 5.

(With inputs from PTI)

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