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Oppn Leader VD Satheesan said the 'satyagraha' would continue till their 2 demands - namely, an assurance on adjournment motions and the withdrawal of 'fake' cases against 7 UDF MLAs - were met.
Though Speaker A N Shamseer reprimanded the UDF for what he called a "series of avoidable events", the Speaker gave a firm assurance on an issue that has been troubling the Opposition the most.
It looked like anyone could come up with one's own version of what happened and get away with it. It will work fine till one side finds that one of its versions has been contradicted by another from its own stable.
Thiruvananthapuram: Sabha TV, the video streaming platform under the Kerala government, will have a nine-member editorial board soon. The assembly secretary will head the board as the chief editor. The government has taken the decision to monitor the programmes aired through Sabha TV. Earlier,
Chief Minister is said to have told the UDF leaders to point blank that it would be impossible to entertain all their notices for adjournment motions.
Thiruvananthapuram museum police registered the case against the opposition MLAs over a complaint filed by a woman watch and ward staff.
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.
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