Chandy Oommen takes oath as Puthuppally MLA

Thiruvananthapuram: After scripting a historic win in Puthuppally bypoll, young Congress leader Chandy Oommen, son of late MLA and former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy took oath as MLA on Monday at 10 am. He met assembly speaker A N Shamseer at 8.45 am.

The 37-year-old Chandy Oommen trounced his main rival Jaick C Thomas of the CPM by a margin of 37,719 votes in the bypoll, which saw nearly a month of vigorous campaigning by leaders of the Congress, CPM, and BJP for their respective parties.

The September 5 bypoll was held following the death of Oommen Chandy on July 18.

The assembly session, which was cut short due to the announcement of the bypoll, resumed as scheduled from Monday.

Meanwhile, the house witnessed a heated debate on the CBI report alleging conspiracy against Oommen Chandy in the solar sexual assault case during an adjournment motion.

The four-day assembly session will pass 14 bills including health-care persons' protection bill and waste management amendment bill.

Kerala Legislative Assembly — The assembly session, which was cut short due to the announcement of the bypoll, will resume as scheduled from Monday. Photo: Manorama

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