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The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) successful Kerala connected Thursday (April 2, 2026) released its manifesto for the upcoming Assembly elections, outlining a 60-point programme containing 950 proposals to make a ‘Nava Kerala’ (New Kerala), portion seeking a mandate to proceed the ongoing improvement works.
The highlights of the manifesto, unveiled by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan successful Kozhikode, see a committedness to eradicate implicit poverty, motorboat of Life Mission 2.0 to marque Kerala “a no-homeless State”, hike successful payment pension from ₹2,000 to ₹3,000, translation of the State into a cognition nine successful 5 years, assured occupation opportunities for educated younker done field placements, a ‘Back to Campus’ strategy for accomplishment enhancement, and interest-free loans for entrepreneurs.
As galore arsenic 5 lakh severely mediocre families volition beryllium identified and they volition beryllium lifted retired of poverty. The initiatives aimed astatine women’s empowerment see a committedness of 50% employment for women and occupation assurance for 2 cardinal homemakers.
In the acquisition sector, the manifesto promises to elevate higher acquisition to planetary standards, code learning gaps successful nationalist education, and grow method acquisition initiatives. All bed-ridden patients volition get peculiar attraction and schemes volition beryllium launched for each elder citizens.
Universal wellness sum scheme
In the wellness sector, the LDF promises to instrumentality a cosmopolitan wellness sum strategy and a limitless attraction benefits. At present, 42 lakh beneficiaries are getting attraction benefits up to ₹5 lakh a twelvemonth nether Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhathi.
Highlighting that the “denial” of an All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) arsenic an illustration of the “discrimination” against Kerala, the LDF says it volition acceptable up a amended medico-research infirmary with the assistance of the people, “if that basal (of the Centre) is not corrected.”
Metro obstruction projects volition beryllium implemented successful Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode and Water Metro volition beryllium expanded to Alappuzha, Kollam, and Kodungallur.
LDF convener T.P. Ramakrishnan, Communist Party of India person K. Prakash Babu, Ministers K. Krishnankutty and A.K. Saseendran, and elder CPI(M) person Elamaram Kareem, among others, attended the event.
CM connected FCRA Bill
Addressing a property league later, Mr. Vijayan said that the concerns expressed by the minorities related to the projected amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulations) Act [FCRA] were “real” due to the fact that it was being brought successful by a authorities led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the governmental limb of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
“The RSS considers Muslims and Christians arsenic its interior enemies. We are seeing however the Sangh is attacking these 2 communities successful the country. Instead of supporting the victims, the perpetrators are being protected. In that context, we deliberation their fears are not misplaced,” helium said.
Mr. Vijayan pointed retired that provisions specified arsenic taking implicit the ownership of institutions for lapses successful submitting their accounts to the authorities were “draconian” successful nature.
