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The Kerala Assembly continued to witnesser unruly scenes implicit the Sabarimala golden theft case, arsenic successful the erstwhile session, with the Opposition and ruling sides locking horns soon aft the House proceedings began connected Wednesday (January 22, 2026).
Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan informed the Speaker that the Opposition would proceed its protestation wrong the Assembly, arsenic it did during the past House session, seeking the resignation of Devaswom Minister V.N. Vasavan and the expulsion of the Travancore Devaswom Board president.
The Opposition members past trooped into the good of the House, raising placards and a banner, blocking the presumption of the Speaker arsenic soon arsenic the Assembly proceedings began. The Opposition besides did not springiness a Rule 50 notice, arsenic demanded by the Speaker, to sermon the contented successful the Zero Hour. Following this, the ruling broadside members roseate from their seats and marched into the good of the House. The 2 sides past engaged successful sloganeering, accusing each different successful the case.
Meanwhile, Speaker A.N. Shamseer rushed done the House proceedings, though the Calling Attention motion, submissions, and treatment connected the Motion of Thanks to the Governor’s code were disrupted by the shouting of slogans by the MLAs from some sides.
Minister for Local Self-Governments M.B. Rajesh slammed the Opposition, stating that disrupting the Assembly proceedings without holding a meaningful treatment was “a motion of the weakness” of the Opposition.
“If the Opposition truly wants to cognize who was down the golden theft lawsuit successful Sabarimala, they should inquire for the details of the lawsuit from Adoor Prapash, MP, Unnikrishnan Potti (the premier accused successful the case), and Sonia Gandhi,” helium said.
Later, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan stated that the Opposition “did not genuinely wish” to enactment successful the Assembly proceedings and suggested adjourning the proceedings for the day. The Speaker past informed the House that it would beryllium reconvened connected January 27 to sermon the Motion of Thanks connected the Governor’s argumentation address.
