Here are the important developments in Kerala to watch for today
1. Left Democratic Front (LDF) meeting on Tuesday:
Enforcement Directorate notice against former Finance Minister Thomas Isaac, Centre’s alleged move to curb out-of-Kerala budget borrowing through Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB), 5% GST on packaged food items and “Congress-BJP” An allegedly concrete move by. Dhuri” is reportedly at the top of the LDF agenda to defame Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and family.
2. The Kerala High Court will consider the plea of Swapna Suresh, accused in the gold smuggling of diplomatic goods to the UAE, in which she was accused of conspiring to defame Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family. The complainant MLA in the case is former minister KT Jalil. He had also named Kerala Janapaksham (Secular) leader PC George, a former MLA, as the respondent.
3. The High Court will hear petitions challenging the State Government’s Social Impact Assessment Survey as a precursor to the implementation of the proposed Silverline (K-Rail) semi-high-speed railway project.
4. Film exhibitors United Organization of Kerala will announce its stand on producers and actors in favor of releasing new productions on OTT platforms instead of cinemas, amid rising flops at the box office.
5. Eminent Marathi writer Sharan Kumar Limbale will speak on “Dalit Identity: Past and Present” at the main campus of Sri Shankaracharya Sanskrit University, Kalady.
6. Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Girelli is likely to hold talks with Metropolitan Vicar Mar Antony Kariyil of the Syro Malabar Church in Kochi today, following a dispute over imposition of the same Holy Mass. A section of priests, led by Mar Kariyil, are protesting against the same holy mass, defying the decree of Cardinal Mar George Alenchery, head of the Syro-Malabar Church in Kerala.
7. The Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences is hosting a discussion round today on the proposal to stop fisheries subsidies in the recent WTO Ministerial Conference.