New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- 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.

Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said he was disappointed that senior Kerala leaders from the Congress chose not to speak on the bill, that was supposed to change the name of the state from Kerala to Keralam. "It is sad that even senior Congress leaders like KC V...