Overview

• Speaker A. N. Shamseer disallowed an adjournment motion on the issue, prompting protests, a UDF boycott, and an early adjournment of the Kerala Assembly.
• Kerala Police registered FIRs against BJP spokesperson Printu Mahadev after a KPCC complaint, citing Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions for provocation, public mischief or breach of peace, and criminal intimidation.
• Police began searching for Mahadev in Thrissur and conducted raids linked to the case as Congress workers demonstrated outside his residence, where officers used water cannons to disperse crowds.
• Mahadev denied issuing a personal threat, saying his words were twisted and framed as hypothetical state action, while acknowledging that Rahul Gandhi’s name “came to mind” during the debate.
• Congress leaders escalated pressure with protests across Kerala and a letter from K. C. Venugopal to Union Home Minister Amit Shah calling the remark a chilling threat and urging immediate, visible legal action.