Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 2 -- Kerala Assembly Speaker AN Shamseer on Monday rejected an adjournment motion notice moved by the opposition in the Legislative Assembly, stating that the issue does not have urgent public importance.

The notice raised concerns over alleged irregularities in granting parole to CPM convicts involved in the Payyannur steel bomb attack case, in which they were sentenced to 20 years.

Opposition members protested on the floor of the House following the decision.

Shamseer accused the opposition of staging a pre-planned protest, stating that even the Leader of the Opposition was aware that the adjournment motion notice could not be taken up for discussion.

He repeatedly urged the Leader of the Opposition to withd...