Thiruvananthapuram: Saji Cheriyan, the LDF candidate who bagged a landslide victory in the Chengannur by poll has sworn in as MLA on Monday.
It is the first Assembly session after the much hyped Chengannur by-polls, which the ruling CPM retained a huge majority, beating the opposition Congress and BJP.
During the question hour session, Chief Minister made it clear that about 1595 people were detained over the Whatsapp hoax hartal in 85 criminal cases. However, the Chief Minister refused to comment on the question over 'registering case against people who slammed CM in Facebook'.
The opposition Congress led UDF MLA moved a confident motion, including the recent honour killing and alleged police inaction over it.
