Amit Shah likely to table bills to change Kerala's name, expand NCDC financing powers in Lok Sabha today
Amit Shah is scheduled to present two bills in the Lok Sabha: one to rename Kerala as Keralam and another to enhance NCDC's financing powers.

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Amit Shah is scheduled to present two bills in the Lok Sabha: one to rename Kerala as Keralam and another to enhance NCDC's financing powers.
LS passes 2 Bills, including one to rename Kerala as Keralam amid Opposition protests
The draft law was later passed without a debate as the opposition members continued to protest.
The Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026, and the National Co-operative Development Corporation (Amendment) BIll, 2026, were passed in the Lok Sabha without debate on Tuesday, amid heavy protest and sloganeering by the Opposition members of the House, who demanded an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a statement from Union home minister Amit Shah over the police excesses on student protesters at new Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on July 20
The bill seeks to amend the First Schedule of the Constitution to change the name of the southern state to “Keralam”
The Lok Sabha passed the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026, on August 11. The Kerala Assembly passed a resolution in 2024, urging the Centre to bring a law to change the name of the State to Keralam
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Raising issue of Vande Mataram, saying Bengal has witnessed both its birth and opposition to it.
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