THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Agriculture Minister VS Sunilkumar received a death threat message via an internet call. Sources close to the minister said that a complaint has been lodged with DGP Lokanath Behera.

The special assembly session which was scheduled to convene in solidarity with the farmers' strike in Delhi did not take place after the governor denied permission. The minister had said yesterday that the resolution would be presented in the Assembly on January 8.

After talks with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the minister had said that India is a federal republic and not a banana republic. The minister said the governor had abused his power by denying permission to hold a special assembly session. The minister had on Tuesday said that the central government was making the post of governor a political tool and that the farmers' law brought by the center would not be implemented in Kerala.