Kerala Assembly passes resolution to rename state's name to 'Keralam'

The Kerala Legislative Assembly on Monday passed a resolution to rename the state’s name to 'Keralam'. The resolution was unanimously accepted by the Opposition Congress-led UDF and treasury benches in the Assembly.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan moved the resolution, urging the Centre to rename the state as 'Keralam' in the Constitution.

The same resolution was adopted in the Kerala Assembly in August 2023 but due to technical reasons, it had to be presented again.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan reasoned that the state's name is 'Keralam' in



Malayalam.

"States were formed based on language on November 1, 1956. Kerala’s birthday is also on November 1. The need to form a united Kerala for the Malayalam-speaking communities had strongly emerged since the time of the national freedom struggle. But the name of our state is written as Kerala in the First Schedule of the Constitution," the Chief Minister said.

He said the Assembly unanimously requests the Centre to amend the state's name under Article 3 of the Constitution and have it changed to 'Keralam' in all the languages mentioned in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.