New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- The Union Cabinet is expected to consider approving the renaming of Kerala as "Keralam", a proposal that has gathered political momentum ahead of the state's Assembly elections due before May. The move follows a resolution passed twice by the Kerala Legislative Assembly urging the Centre to amend the Constitution to reflect the state's name in its Malayalam form across all languages listed in the Eighth Schedule.

If cleared, the change would amend references to the state in the First Schedule of the Constitution under Article 3, formalising "Keralam" as its official name in all recognised languages.

The proposal was first introduced in 2024 by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who argued that the state is referred t...