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The Budget league of the Kerala Assembly volition resume connected Monday amid the continuing enactment implicit the Sabarimala golden theft contented and the protests unleashed by the Congress-led Opposition against Health Minister Veena George successful the aftermath of the “medical lapse” allegations against the Government Medical College Hospital, Alappuzha.
The Kerala Nativity Card Bill, which the Cabinet had approved past week, volition beryllium introduced successful the House connected Monday. The Bill seeks to empower the State authorities to contented Nativity Cards. The Kerala authorities connection had grabbed headlines amid the citizenship debates triggered by the Election Commission (EC) of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll.
The Opposition is besides apt to play up the High Court determination quashing the State authorities bid connected the ‘Nava Kerala Citizen Response Programme,’ and the governmental statement kicked up by writer and Kerala Sahitya Akademi president K. Satchidanandan’s remarks connected continuity of power. On the protests against Ms. George, the CPI(M) State secretariat had accused the Congress-led Opposition of trying to instigate riots successful the State.
Further, the Assembly is reconvening aft the EC had published the last post-SIR electoral rotation which shows a simplification of 8.97 lakh voters erstwhile compared with the October 27, 2025 elector roll. Eleven districts successful the State had recorded dips successful elector numbers, according to the last roll.
The discussions and voting connected the demands for grants successful the State Budget for 2026-2027 volition instrumentality spot from Wednesday. Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal had presented the State Budget connected January 29.
