New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- Kerala MP John Brittas has taken a dig at Shashi Tharoor over the Congress leader's comments about the state's name change. Tharoor, also an MP from Kerala, earlier joked about Kerala being renamed as Keralam.

On 24 February, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, formally approved Kerala's proposal to change its name. In August 2023, the Kerala Legislative Assembly passed its first unanimous resolution seeking the name change.

Then, in June 2024, it had a second, revised unanimous resolution. It was after the Union Home Ministry suggested technical changes to the initial proposal.

The Thiruvananthapuram MP appreciated the name change. However, it had a "small linguistic question for the Anglo...