Kerala Governor approves one-day special Assembly session to discuss Centre s farm laws on 31 Dec Governor Arif Mohammad Khan had earlier rejected the request saying CM Pinarayi Vijayan had not specified the nature of the emergency which warranted the special session File image of Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan. News18
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Monday gave his assent for convening the state assembly for a one-day special session on 31 December to discuss and pass a resolution against the three contentious central farm laws against which farmers are agitating in Delhi.
Raj Bhavan sources told
PTI that the Governor has given the nod for the session, days after the CPM-led LDF government sent a fresh proposal to convene the assembly after he had turned down an earlier recommendation.
Governor of Kerala Arif Mohammad Khan. File
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The one-day special session on December 31 is to pass a resolution against the Centre’s three contentious farm laws and drum up support for the nation-wide stir by the farmers. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government headed by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan finally got the assent from Governor Arif Mohammad Khan to hold a one-day special session of the Legislative Assembly on December 31 to discuss the farmer’s agitation against Centre’s three contentious farm laws and its implications for the State’s food security.
The Governor, who had earlier refused the request of the Cabinet to convene a special session on December 23, gave his nod on December 28 after the government rectified the procedural lapses in convening the session, official sources told
The Kerala Cabinet on Thursday decided to convene a special Assembly session on December 31 now to adopt a resolution against the three new central farm laws. It will make a recommendation to Governor Arif Mohammad Khan to convene the session. With the latest decision of the Cabinet, all eyes are now again on Khan for his response to the state government s move. The Governor had shot down an earlier state government recommendation to convene the special session on December 23 on the ground that there was no urgency since a special session was slated to be convened on January 8, 2021. Following this, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had written to the Governor, pointing out that in a democracy, the Governor has to give consent to the decision of a democratically elected government.
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