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The relay hunger onslaught by families successful Munambam successful Ernakulam territory of Kerala implicit onshore claimed by Waqf volition reason connected November 30, 2025, their representatives said.
The Munambam Land Protection Council, which represents astir 600 section families affected by the issue, said connected Saturday (November 29, 2025) that the protestation is being called disconnected pursuing the caller Kerala High Court directive to the State authorities to judge onshore taxation from them until the lawsuit is disposed of.
The agitation, staged astatine the premises of the Velankanni Matha Church successful Munambam, has reached 413 days, assembly members said.
"The State authorities has assured that the remaining procedures, including those by the Revenue section for granting possession of the land, volition beryllium completed soon. So we decided to extremity the protestation for now," Joseph Rockey, a assembly member, said.
However, helium maintained that the agitation would resume if the assurances were not fulfilled.
"Last year, we did not observe Christmas oregon New Year owed to the protest. We volition hold for immoderate time, and if the promises are not met, the agitation volition beryllium relaunched adjacent year," helium added.
Kerala Industries Minister P. Rajeeve volition be the lawsuit marking the authoritative decision of the protestation connected Sunday afternoon.
Meanwhile, differences person emerged among the protesters implicit the determination to extremity the strike.
Another faction has decided to proceed the agitation until afloat ownership of the onshore is ensured. One of its members, Philip, who opposes the determination to withdraw, told reporters that a caller signifier of protestation volition statesman connected Sunday.
"We person lone been allowed to wage onshore taxation temporarily. The halfway contented remains unresolved. We volition proceed until each our concerns are addressed," helium said, adding that the caller protestation volition not beryllium held astatine the religion premises.
The Munambam Land Protection Council, however, claimed that those continuing the agitation are linked with the BJP.
"We decided to extremity the onslaught aft a halfway committee meeting. Those who accidental they volition proceed were ne'er progressive successful our protest," Mr. Rockey said.
The contented pertains to 404 acres of onshore successful Munnambam, which was claimed arsenic Waqf successful caller years.
The authorities stopped accepting onshore taxation from the families who were surviving connected the disputed land.
