Kerala Speaker adjourns Assembly after opposition disrupts house over fuel and liquor price increase
The Hindu
Special Correspondent (G Anand)
Speaker A. N. Shamsheer adjourned the Kerala Legislative Assembly until February 27 following strident opposition protests over fuel, piped water, power and liquor price increase.
Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) legislators marched to the Assembly complex from the nearby MLA hostel. They displayed a long banner accusing the government of robbery and pickpocketing.
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Later, the protesting legislators trooped into the well of the House, disrupting the question hour. They shouted slogans against the government’s fiscal policy.
Mr. Shamsheer’s appeals for calm failed to douse the vociferous protest.
The Speaker hurried through the day’s business, requested ministers to table their reports and adjourned the House.
The four opposition legislators staging a sit-protest outside the Assembly chamber ended their demonstration.
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