Kerala Speaker Names All-Woman Chairpersons’ Panel, Repeats Rare First

Thiruvananthapuram: Opposition leaders hold a banner outside the Kerala Legislative Assembly over the Sabarimala gold plating controversy, in Thiruvananthapuram, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (PTI Photo)(PTI10_06_2025_000063B)

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 22 (PTI) For the second time in the history of the Kerala Legislative Assembly, an all-woman panel of chairpersons would chair the House proceedings in the absence of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker.

On Thursday, Speaker A N Shamseer said that Shantakumari K and O S Ambika from CPI(M) and Uma Thomas from the Congress will form the three-member panel during the 16th session of the 15th legislative assembly.

The first time an all-woman panel was constituted was in December 2022, during the seventh session of the assembly.

It comprised Asha C K from CPI, U Prathibha from CPI(M) and K K Rema of the Revolutionary Marxist Party of India, an UDF ally. PTI HMP ROH

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