Munambam Waqf land row snowballs into political issue amid by-elections in Kerala
Union Minister Suresh Gopi recently met the 610 families of Munambam village who are protesting against the Waqf board's claim over their land.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will go for a minor reshuffle of his ministry by inducting the incumbent Assembly Speaker MB Rajesh in his Cabinet, following the resignation of party’s newly appointed state secretary M V Govindan from the government.
CPI-M state secretariat meeting held here the other day decided to appoint Speaker M B Rajesh as a minister against the vacancy of Govindan and replace Speaker of the Assembly by party state committee member and Thalassery MLA AN Shamseer.
Rajesh is expected to be sworn-in on Tuesday. Shamseer will be formally elected as the Speaker when the Assembly is convened for the next session.
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MV Govindan resigned on Friday as Excise Minister after he was appointed CPI-M state secretary last week, replacing Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, who resigned from the position due to illness
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