Kerala oppn intensifies stir against Minister, Vijayan says no to resignation
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Pinarayi Vijayan. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Thiruvananthapuram, July 30 : For the second day in succession, the Congress-led opposition in the Kerala Assembly on Friday stood firm in their demand seeking the resignation of State Education Minister V. Sivankutty while Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan firmly ruled out the resignation.
Sivankutty along with another present legislator K.T. Jaleel, a former Minister, and four other former legislators will have to face trial after the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the Kerala government s plea to withdraw the cases against the CPI-M leaders for vandalism in the state Assembly in 2015.
A day after the revised budget was presented by new Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal on Friday, which has kept allocation to build a monument at the cost of Rs 20 lakh for late veteran politician, R. Balakrishna Pillai, it invited the maximum .
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June 04, 2021 11:40 IST
₹20,000 crore COVID-19 revival package and steps to expedite coastal highway project are some of the key highlights of the first Budget presented by Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal in the Assembly on Friday, June 4, 2021.
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Kerala Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal presenting the revised Budget for 2021-22 in the Legislative Assembly in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday, June 4, 2021.
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₹20,000 crore COVID-19 revival package and steps to expedite coastal highway project are some of the key highlights of the first Budget presented by Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal in the Assembly on Friday, June 4, 2021.
Kerala Finance Minister K. N. Balagopal presented his maiden budget at the Legislative Assembly on Friday. The revised budget is for the 2021-22 financial year.
A Rs 20,000 crore Covid package, liquid oxygen plant of 150 metric tonnes capacity, Rs 1,000 crore towards Covid vaccines and no new taxes were some of the big announcements in the revised budget presented by Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal.