Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:22am on 25 Feb 2026,Wednesday Politics
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor criticised the Centre after it approved the renaming of Kerala to “Keralam”. He said the focus should be on development projects. “The government has not given us an AIIMS or any new institutions. They have given us no projects in the Union Budget. But when it comes to a name change, they are willing to authorise it,” he said. Tharoor noted that Kerala is already called “Keralam” in Malayalam. He also asked what residents would now be called. On X, he said “Keralamite” sounds like a microbe and “Keralamian” like a mineral. The state assembly had earlier passed a resolution supporting the change. (PC: X)
