Students to recreate Kerala’s first assembly

By IANS

Thiruvananthapuram : The first Kerala assembly – with the first democratically elected communist government in the world – will come alive again as school students will take up the roles of 130 legislators and enact some of its important proceedings here Monday.


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"This is being done to introduce values of parliamentary democracy to the new generation. The first Kerala government is a golden chapter in history and what will happen tomorrow is also going to be part of history," Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Vijaykumar told reporters here Sunday.

"The function will include scenes of the passage of the educational bill, the agricultural reforms bill, question hour and adjournment motions. The speeches and proceedings will be recreated in letter and spirit," he added.

All living former legislators and their families have been invited for the event.

The "students' assembly" will be held at the very same place, the old assembly hall, where the first assembly had its meetings.

The function is part of celebrations of the golden jubilee of the E.M.S. Namboodiripad government, which was formed in 1957.

The celebrations started April 5, marking the first day of the historic assembly.

 

 

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