Kerala Speaker A.N. Shamseer wound up the day’s proceedings in the Legislative Assembly in about 50 minutes on Thursday (February 5, 2026) with the Opposition Congress-led UDF continuing its protests over the Sabarimala gold theft row inside the House. The Budget Session of the Assembly will reconvene on February 23, the Speaker said.
During the Question Hour, which began at 9 a.m., UDF members trooped into the well of the House and settled there shouting slogans. Amid the pandemonium, the Kerala Appropriation Bill was introduced and passed without discussion. The Kerala Assembly adopted a resolution demanding that the Union government repeal the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) and restore the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
