The resolution against the Center’s agricultural laws passed by the Kerala Legislative Assembly received unlikely support: from the sole member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Olanchery Rajagopal. Spokesperson P Sreeramakrishnan said the resolution was passed unanimously through a voice vote in the special session of the Assembly. Rajagopal did …
Read More »
Although O Rajagopal had abstained from voting, he had told the media after the session that he was in favor of the resolution. Hours after stating that he endorsed the resolution passed by the Kerala Assembly seeking the withdrawal of agricultural laws from the Union government, BJP MLA O Rajagopal …
Read More »
Within the assembly, O Rajagopal defended some parts of the agricultural laws, but later said that he supports the assembly’s resolution. In an unusual political situation emerging from Kerala, the only member of the BJP Legislative Assembly backed the resolution passed in the assembly on Thursday seeking the withdrawal of …
Read More »
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan called the farmers’ turmoil an epic. A special session of the Kerala Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution seeking to have the Union government withdraw the three contentious agricultural laws. Prime Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, introducing the resolution at the Assembly session, described the agitation of farmers …
Read More »