MLA S Rajendran having beef breakfast at the Assembly canteen.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was ' beef festival ’ by MLAs at the state Assembly canteen when a special session was convened on Thursday to pass a resolution against the Centre which had issued notification banning cattle trade and slaughter.Even though the beef is served usually at the Indian Coffee House inside the Assembly, it was quiet surprising to see the MLAs asking for beef for breakfast.Most of the MLAs who reached the Assembly at 8am for the session had breakfast from there before the session began at 9am.It was Kayamkulam MLA Prathibha Hari and Vaikkom MLA C K Asha who came first for the brteakfast there. When the canteen authorities informed them that beef is ready, they wanted to have it with dosa.Soon came other MLAs for breakfast and all followed suit. Then most of the LDF MLAs were seen having beef for the breakfast. A Pradeep Kumar, I B Sateesh, R Rajesh, S Rajendran and M Noushad were seen having a sumptuous breakfast with beef.However, the MLAs made it clear that it was not an intentional campaign against the beef ban. "When we came to know that beef is ready for breakfast and situation in the Assembly was about the campaign against the beef ban, we thought of having it,’’ said a young MLA from LDF.Not just the LDF MLAs, the UDF MLAs also joined for the beef breakfast while the session was going on. The two-hour special session of the Assembly was convened for urging the Centre to withdraw the notification issued to restrict cattle trade and cattle slaughter. The Assembly later passed a resolution condemning the Centre's notification with a lone protest from the single BJP MLA in the House.