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Amid continuing non-cooperation by the Congress-led UDF Opposition, the Kerala Assembly connected Tuesday passed 9 Bills, including the Nativity Card Bill, 2026, listed for the day. The Assembly transacted the full concern astatine grounds velocity earlier the House adjourned sine die.
The demands for grants moved by assorted departments for the existent and coming fiscal years were taken up and passed by the House without immoderate discussions successful the lack of the Opposition. Instead of ‘Vote connected Account,’ the House chose to walk the afloat Budget for the adjacent fiscal year.
Among the assorted different Bills passed included the Abkari (Amendment) Bill 2026, the Kerala Advocates’ Clerks Welfare Fund (Amendment) Bill 2026, and the Kerala Advocates’ Welfare Fund (Amendment) Bill 2026.
Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal termed the transition of the Nativity Card Bill “a historical moment” arsenic the authorities volition “protect number communities.” It volition let radical from the State to state themselves Keralites with the issuance of a nativity card.
The Bills, whose taxable committee reports were scheduled to beryllium tabled arsenic per the database of business, were besides taken up successful the Assembly. Accepting immoderate of the changes projected by legislators, they were passed without immoderate discussion.
With 9 Bills passed successful the last sitting of the session, a full of 168 of the 195 authorities Bills taken up connected the level of the House during the word of the 15th Kerala Assembly were passed, the highest fig successful the Assembly’s history.
