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Kerala Assembly Speaker Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan proposed honouring 70 distinguished Keralites globally for the Assembly's 70th anniversary, replacing the discontinued Loka Kerala Sabha due to financial constraints.
Kerala's Speaker cancelled contracts with Uralungal for Assembly works due to serious execution lapses and irregularities, including a ₹7.5-crore dining hall modernisation. Investigations are expected.
The oath of members, which would be administered by Pro tem Speaker G Sudhakaran, would begin at 9.00 am on Thursday.
Kerala Assembly Bills are currently facing a deadlock as Governor Rajendra Arlekar withholds assent to 14 bills passed by the Kerala Legislative Assembly.
He claims that he has been deliberately excluded from government-organised programmes.
Jaleel is one of the accused in the ruckus that occurred in the Assembly during an attempt to interrupt the budget presented by then finance minister K M Mani.
Though apparently sensitive to the arguments of both sides, the Speaker in his ruling repeatedly stressed the importance of sending bills to the consideration of Assembly subjects and select committees.
Speaker entrusted assembly secretary to conduct investigation into issue, submit report
He further questioned whether scientific temper and discourses were only applicable in Hinduism.
How can talking about scientific temper be against religion, he asked.
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