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Kerala Assembly adjourned to meet on October 17 in view of protests by UDF members over self-financing college issue on Wednesday.
Chief Minster Pinarai Vijayan refuted allegations that he had undermined talks with managements. The managements had said that they had no proposal to make regarding reduction of fees.
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Minister for Fisheries and Habour Engineering J. Mercykutty Amma told the Assembly on Tuesday that construction of 522 kilometres of coastal roads connecting fishing habours and landing centres across the State would be taken up.
The project would cost more than Rs. 7000 crores, the Minister said while replying to the debate on the demand for grants for Fisheries.
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UDF members disrupted the Assembly proceedings during question hour on Monday over fee hike in self-financing medical colleges.
A conciliatory meeting held by Speaker P. Sreeramakrishnan after adjourning the House failed to resolve the issue.
When the House resumed the sitting, the Opposition boycotted rest of the sitting.
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Kerala Congress (J) leader Anoop Jacob, who was on hunger strike at the Assembly, shifted to hospital on Saturday following worsening of his health.
Mr. Jacob was on hunger strike along with Congress leaders Hibi Eden, Anoop Jacob and Shafi Parambil in protest against the hike in fees agreed to by the government in self-financing medical colleges.
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Chief Minister Pinarai Vijayan announced in the Assembly on Friday that the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau would examine allegations of collection of capitation fee by managements of self-financing medical colleges.
The Chief Minister was responding to notice for an adjournment motion given by V. T. Balram and others of UDF.
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