Kerala Assembly session from today

The 11th session of the Kerala Assembly will begin here on Monday.

It is the first Assembly session after the much-hyped Chengannur bypoll, which the ruling CPI(M) retained with a huge majority, beating the Opposition Congress and BJP.

While members of CPI(M)-led LDF would come to the House with added confidence following the bypoll victory, the Opposition Congress-led UDF MLAs are expected to take up a host of issues, including the recent honour killing incident and alleged police inaction over it. Newly elected MLA Saji Cheriyan, who won by 20,956 votes over his nearest rival D Vijayakumar (Congress), will be sworn in after the question hour session on Monday.

The bypoll was necessitated due to the death of sitting member K K Ramachandran Nair (CPI-M) in January this year.

Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan said 17 ordinances would come up for consideration during the 12-day-long session.

The Kerala Municipality (amendment) Bill, 2018, the Kerala Panchayat Raj (amendment) Bill, 2018, Sri Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (amendment) Bill, 2018, Kerala University (amendment) Bill, 2018 are among the six bills that would be considered in the first two days, he said.