Thiruvananthapuram. The proposal to change the name of Kerala to Keralam has been passed. This proposal was introduced by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution urging the Center to officially change the name of the state to ‘Keralaam’.
In the resolution, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan urged the central government to change the name of the state to ‘Keralaam’ in all the languages included in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India.
The resolution was accepted by the Congress-led opposition UDF without suggesting any amendments or changes. Thereafter, Speaker AN Shamseer declared it a resolution passed unanimously by the Assembly on the basis of a show of hands.
Presenting the resolution, the Chief Minister said that the state is called ‘Keralam’ in Malayalam. But in other languages it is still Kerala. He said that the need for a united Kerala for the Malayalam speaking communities has emerged strongly since the time of the national freedom struggle.
The Chief Minister said that but the name of our state is written in the First Schedule of the Constitution as Kerala. He said that this Assembly unanimously requests the Central Government to immediately amend it to ‘Keralaam’ under Article 3 of the Constitution.
Take steps and change its name to ‘Keralaam’ in all the languages mentioned in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution.
