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The Kerala Legislative Assembly witnessed continued uproar connected the 4th consecutive time connected Thursday (October 9, 2025) arsenic the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Opposition intensified its protests implicit the gold-plating contention astatine Sabarimala.
As soon arsenic the Question Hour commenced, Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan raised the contented and demanded a nationalist apology from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan implicit definite remarks made successful the House a time ago, which were perceived arsenic body-shaming by the Opposition.
Speaker A.N. Shamseer, however, refused to connection immoderate assurances, prompting the Opposition legislators to tempest the good of the House, holding placards and banners portion shouting slogans. The concern rapidly escalated aft the Speaker called successful the Watch and Ward unit to reconstruct order. Tensions flared erstwhile the information unit attempted to region the banners held successful beforehand of the Speaker’s podium, resulting successful a insignificant scuffle. At slightest 2 information unit were injured successful the fracas.
Meanwhile, the Treasury benches adopted an violative stance, with Parliamentary Affairs Minister M.B. Rajesh accusing the Opposition legislators of attacking a pistillate Watch and Ward unit member. He besides charged the Leader of Opposition with “inciting unit and unleashing a radical of miscreants.”
Transport Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar, addressing the House, besides took purpose astatine the Opposition, accusing it of failing to play a constructive relation successful addressing the problems plaguing the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC).
He singled retired Kovalam MLA, M. Vincent, who is besides the moving president of the Congress-affiliated Transport Democratic Federation, for allegedly neglecting the transport needs of his constituency. Claiming that portion astir legislators from the ruling and the Opposition fronts person contributed to improving section infrastructure utilizing their MLA funds, Mr. Ganesh alleged that the legislator had not made immoderate specified contributions.
“Most MLAs person contributed from their funds to renovate autobus stations and supply computers. Only 1 MLA has done nothing. I accidental with shame that repairs to the Vizhinjam autobus presumption had to beryllium carried retired utilizing sponsorship from a edifice owner. He (Mr. Vincent) ne'er erstwhile approached the KSRTC to request the upgrade of the facility, but present helium is astatine the forefront of a protestation for specified governmental gains. He lacks immoderate committedness to either his constituency oregon the KSRTC, yet helium claims to beryllium a national leader,” helium said.
Despite the uproar, the Speaker continued the Question Hour session. However, proceedings were suspended concisely soon aft amid the persistent din.
While the House reconvened aft astir 15 minutes later, Mr. Shamseer informed the members that the Chief Marshal of the Assembly had been injured successful the scuffle earlier and was hospitalised.
Satheesan slams Speaker
Mr. Satheesan, reiterating the Opposition’s determination not to cooperate with Assembly proceedings, powerfully criticised the Speaker for allegedly remaining “a mute spectator” to violative remarks made by legislators of the ruling front. He besides alleged that the Chief Marshal had earlier produced a fake aesculapian certificate claiming a breached hand.
Before starring a walkout, the Leader of the Opposition cautioned that the UDF would intensify its protests some wrong and extracurricular the Assembly if the State authorities continued to “shield” those allegedly liable for the irregularities astatine Sabarimala.
