New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved the Proposal for Renaming Kerala as ‘Keralam’.
The move came ahead of the Kerala Assembly elections expected to be held in April-May.
After approval of the Union Cabinet, the President of India will refer a Bill, namely the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026, to the State Legislative Assembly of Kerala for expressing its views under the proviso to Article 3 of the Constitution of India,” Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.
After receipt of the view of the Kerala Vidhan Sabha, the Government of India will obtain the recommendation of the President for the introduction of the Kerala Bill, 2026, to alter the name of Kerala as ‘Keralam’ in Parliament, an Official release said.
Kerala is expected to go to the polls before May to elect 140 members of the state Vidhan Sabha. No official date has been announced by the Election Commission of India as of yet.
On June 25,2024, the assembly passed the resolution for the second time because the Union Home Ministry, which reviewed the first resolution, suggested some technical changes.
The Chief Minister said the state was called ‘Keralam’ in Malayalam and that the demand for a united Kerala for Malayalam-speaking communities had emerged during the national freedom struggle.
“But the name of our state is written as Kerala in the First Schedule of the Constitution. This Assembly requests the Centre to take immediate steps to amend it as ‘Keralam’ under Article 3 of the Constitution and have it renamed as ‘Keralam’ in all the languages mentioned in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution,” Mr Vijayan had said.
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