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Tuesday, Jul 8, 2025
The blockade was announced between 5 am to 5 pm on Thursday.
Opposition leader VD Satheesan said that the UDF was protesting against the Speaker's biased actions and Sabha TV's selective screening of Assembly visuals.
UDF legislators who had massed in front of the Speaker's office were forcibly removed by the Watch and Ward staff.
The Opposition UDF has finally hit upon a strategy to outfox Speaker A N Shamseer.
While Opposition Leader V D Satheesan painted a scary picture, Local Self Government minister M B Rajesh said that the seemingly unending burning of plastic and other dangerous filth was not a major health hazard as it is made out to be.
Its legitimacy as a political party representing the minority interests in a pluralist and multi-ethnic Indian polity is now entrenched and the old accusations that it was a communal outfit do not carry credence in public discourse any longer.
Congress Councillor Anu George was elected the Chairperson, defeating rival candidate Linda Thomas of the Left Democratic Front (LDF). The UDF bagged a total 17 votes against the LDF’s 15.
As per the order, panchayat members who earn a monthly honorarium of Rs 8,000 and Corporation members who are paid Rs 8,200 will be eligible for the pension.
Opposition Leader V D Satheesan accused the Speaker of colluding with the Chief Minister to deprive the Opposition of its rights.
As per the current figures the LDF won 15, the UDF 11 and the BJP 2.
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