Modi’s seal of approval on Pinarayi’s proposal, now ‘Keralaam’ Kerala will be known as Kerala, who will get the electoral benefit?

Kerala Name Change: ‘Seva Teerth’ That is, many important decisions were taken during the first Union Cabinet meeting held in the new PMO building. In one of these important decisions, the Modi government officially changed the name of Kerala state to ‘Keralaam’. The state government’s proposal to do so has also been given final approval.

Let us tell you that on June 24, 2024, a special resolution was passed unanimously within the Kerala Assembly. Through this proposal, an appeal was made to the Central Government to change the official name of the state to ‘Keralaam’. Let it be done. This historic change has been given the green signal in the important meeting of the Union Cabinet held on Tuesday considering the same proposal sent by the Assembly.

Kerala Cabinet had passed the proposal

Earlier, the Kerala Assembly had to pass this proposal for the second time due to some technical amendments suggested by the Union Home Ministry. While presenting this important proposal in the House, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had made a clear demand from the Central Government that the name of this southern state ‘Kerala’ should be included in all the recognized languages ​​recorded in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. Instead of ‘Keralaam’ Must be entered as is.

Vijayan’s arguments for changing the name

While moving the resolution in the Assembly, Chief Minister Vijayan had clarified that in the local Malayalam language the state has always been known as ‘Kerala’. Is called only. Apart from this, since the period of the national freedom struggle, there has been a demand for a united ‘Kerala’ consisting of Malayalam speaking communities. There has been a strong demand for forming a state.

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The Chief Minister had also specifically emphasized that at present the name of the State under the First Schedule of the Indian Constitution is only ‘Kerala’ Only mentioned. This big and diplomatic step taken by the Central Government has come just before the Kerala Assembly elections proposed in the coming month of April-May.

Important step for Vijayan-BJP

The name of the state is ‘Keralaam’ This is being seen as a big step to strengthen the linguistic and cultural identity there. In view of the upcoming elections, this decision is very important for both Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and BJP. However, it will be interesting to see who takes advantage of it.