Opposition walks out of Kerala Assembly during question hour
The Hindu
Speaker accused of permitting ‘loaded queries’ to denigrate Opposition
The Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) legislators walked out of the Kerala Legislative Assembly during question hour on Monday, accusing Speaker M.B. Rajesh of permitting the ruling front to table “loaded queries” to denigrate the Opposition. Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheeshan doubted whether the Speaker had followed the correct procedure by allowing three “leading questions” that accused the UDF of undermining the previous government’s attempts to mitigate the social distress and economic devastation caused by the back-to-back natural disasters and the Nipah and COVID-19 outbreaks.More Related News
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