Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala government on Wednesday deferred the resolution to be presented in the assembly, appealing Centre to change the state’s name from Kerala to Keralam.
Speaker P Ramakrishnan told the assembly the resolution was postponed for not completing the procedures.
In order to change the name of a state, as per subsection 3 of the constitution, Chief Minister has to present a submission keeping to rule 118.
However, the Centre has not yet approved of the resolution by West Bengal Assembly to change the state’s name to Bengla.