Few farmers, many lawyers in House

Only nine of the MLAs in the 14th Kerala Assembly are ‘farmers’ by occupation while the major chunk are either ‘social, political or trade union workers,’ according to the data compiled by the research wing of the Kerala Assembly Secretariat. The Assembly had nine businessmen and two industrialists. Lawyers were a considerable force, with 33 members practising the profession. Ten MLAs figure in the category of teacher/professor/Principal/Headmaster/educational expert. The categories of actors and journalists had two representatives each in the Assembly. In terms of educational qualification, the 14th Assembly had 16 postgraduates and 17 undergraduates. Twenty-one had SSLC as basic qualification while the corresponding figure of MLAs with pre-degree/higher secondary was 25. Seven members had qualification lower than SSLC. Thirty-eight MLAS had BL/LLB as their educational qualification. Nine members were BEd/TTC-qualified. Three MLAs had secured BTech degree while the number of legislators with postgraduate diploma was two.