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The Kerala Legislative Assembly connected Tuesday (February 3, 2026) witnessed pandemonium erstwhile again implicit the Sabarimala golden theft row, adjacent arsenic the Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) members stormed the Speaker’s dais. Speaker A.N. Shamseer halted the proceedings doubly arsenic the Opposition’s protests intensified.
As soon arsenic the Question Hour began, the Assembly witnessed acrimonious scenes erstwhile Opposition MLAs stormed the good of the House and blocked the presumption of the Speaker by raising banners and placards, demanding the resignation of Devaswom Minister V.N. Vasavan successful transportation with the Sabarimala golden case, on with different demands. Midway done the protest, legislators Anwar Sadat and T.V. Ibrahim attempted to tempest the Speaker’s dais by breaking the cordon of the Watch and Ward guards.
As the commotion spiralled retired of control, the Speaker near the dais astir 9.40 a.m., stopping the Question Hour proceedings midway. Later, erstwhile the Speaker reconvened the proceedings astir 10 a.m. by starting the Zero Hour proceedings, Opposition MLAs continued to disrupt the proceedings by attempting to tempest the Speaker’s dais again. This was followed by different interruption successful the proceedings, with the Speaker leaving the dais successful an effort to bring the concern nether control.
Satheesan alleges CMO intervention
Earlier, Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan announced the Opposition’s determination to stall the proceedings successful protestation against the “intervention” by the Office of the Chief Minister (CMO) successful the SIT probe successful the case. He besides alleged that each the accused successful the lawsuit person been receiving bail owed to “weak defence by the prosecution.”
“Soon, the main accused successful the case, Unnikrishnan Potti, volition besides get bail with the involution of the bureau of the Chief Minister,” helium alleged.
Ministers deed back
The ruling side, however, responded to the Opposition’s allegations by pointing to the latter’s “alliance with the accused” successful the case. General Education Minister V. Sivankutty highlighted Mr. Potti’s alleged “link” with Congress person Sonia Gandhi, on with different elder Congress leaders.
M.B. Rajesh, Minister for Local Self-Goverments, accused the Opposition, which helium said was “hit by the privation of subjects successful the Assembly”, of adjacent “insulting the High Court Justice by making unreasonable allegations against the Justice to marque governmental points.”
Law Minister P. Rajeeve alleged that “the main intent of the publicity stunt” by the Opposition was to “sabotage” the SIT probe.
Later, the Opposition announced its determination to boycott the proceedings and walked retired of the Assembly.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the Speaker excessively condemned the Opposition for their “actions” successful the Assembly.
