Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly VD Satheesan on Tuesday said that five opposition MLAs including a woman MLA will start an indefinite strike in the well of the Assembly today after there was no initiative from Speaker’s side to address the opposition’s demands.

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader ahead of a third round of questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Delhi Excise policy-linked money laundering case on Tuesday displayed to mediapersons the mobile phones used by her.

Party leader Binoy Viswam on Tuesday wrote a letter to PM Narendra Modi after the recent damage of crops due to unseasonal rains in various parts of the country and said, “I am writing to you to request urgent action by the Union Government to support the farmers of our country. This week, North and Central India have seen unseasonal rains, hailstorms, and heavy winds. Crops of wheat, mustard, chana, sugarcane, and seasonal vegetables have been severely damaged and famers are facing huge losses.”

Delhi’s Dwarka Court on Tuesday reserved an order seeking the preservation of the call detail record along with the mobile location of accused Lokesh Yadav in the Nikki Yadav murder case.