LDF, UDF call for hartal against Centre for not declaring Wayanad landslides a national disaster
The ruling CPI-M-led LDF and the Opposition Congress-led UDF in Kerala called for a hartal in the Wayanad district on Tuesday
The Kerala assembly on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Centre to officially change the state’s name to ‘Keralam’.
Moving the resolution, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan urged the Centre government to change the state’s name to ‘Keralam’ in all languages included in the eighth schedule of the Constitution.
The chief minister said the state is called ‘Keralam’ in Malayalam, but in other languages, it is still Kerala. The state’s name was also listed as ‘Kerala’ in the First Schedule of the Constitution.
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The resolution called on the Union government to take immediate steps to amend it as ‘Keralam’ under Article 3 of the Constitution and be renamed as ‘Keralam’ in all the languages mentioned in the eighth schedule of the Constitution.
The resolution was accepted by the Opposition Congress-led UDF without suggesting any amendments or modifications in it.
Subsequently, the resolution was declared as unanimously adopted by the Assembly by Speaker A N Shamseer based on a show of hands.
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