Kochi: Union Cabinet meeting is likely to ratify the Kerala government’s decision to rechristen the state’s name as Keralam on Tuesday, NDTV reported.
The state assembly has already passed a resolution to change the name in official records.
The state wanted the Union government to change the southern state’s name from “Kerala” to “Keralam” in all languages included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of the country.
The assembly passed the resolution for the second time due to amendments sought by the Union Home Ministry in the first resolution.
The Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the state was called ‘Keralam’ in Malayalam and that the demand to form a united Kerala for the Malayalam-speaking communities had emerged since the time of the national freedom struggle.
Kerala to be Keralam
