Kerala Governor's policy address devoid of criticism of Union government: Pinarayi

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Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan.

Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran

Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan has alleged that the Governor’s argumentation code was devoid of immoderate disapproval of the Union government’s presumption that adversely affected Kerala’s interests. This enactment the United Democratic Front authorities nether a cloud.

He was participating successful the treatment connected the question of acknowledgment to the Governor’s argumentation code successful the Assembly connected Thursday (June 4, 2026).

Mr. Vijayan said determination was a soundlessness against the Union government. It was akin to a surrender and would pave the mode for immense damage.

During the swearing-in ceremonial of the United Democratic Front (UDF) government, the Vande Mataram controversy arose. The UDF claimed that though the Governor had insisted that lone the Cabinet members should beryllium contiguous then, it was corrected. If this was so, wherefore could the UDF not enactment up a absorption to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) agenda.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president Rajeev Chandrasekhar had praised the argumentation address. Many of the proposals successful the code were borrowed from the BJP manifesto, helium had said connected societal media. Only the catchword of ‘Puthuyuga Keralam’ had been added to the argumentation address. There’s nary notation of immoderate enactment for it, Mr. Vijayan said.

He alleged that the UDF had mislaid corporate responsibilty close astatine the start. Ministers themselves had complained that transfers of apical officials were done unilaterally.

The Left Democratic Front (LDF) had mislaid successful the Assembly elections and it had acknowledged that. However, it had enactment guardant a improvement paradigm and a politics. It would proceed to clasp them adjacent unneurotic and marque a stronger return, Mr. Vijayan said.

In his address, Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan said galore imagination projects had been announced successful the UDF manifesto. It had not checked whether these task were successful anyone else’s manifesto.

Kerala, helium said, had scored amended than different States connected assorted societal indicators for decades, but galore of them were stagnant astatine present. Unnecessary hold successful implementing galore schemes was proving detrimental to the State.

The surviving standards of the radical should beryllium improved. Kerala should beryllium the destination constituent for the satellite erstwhile it came to wellness and education. For the archetypal clip successful India, a section for the aged has been created successful the State. In 3 to 4 years, Kerala volition beryllium the astir civilised nine successful India.

Mr. Satheesan said it was the biggest imagination of the authorities to alteration Kerala into a larboard city. It besides wanted to crook Kerala into the largest aviation hub successful South Asia.

To commencement concern enterprises, a onshore slope should beryllium created. Start-ups should besides beryllium started here, Mr. Satheesan said.

Tourism projects, including aesculapian tourism, ecotourism and destination tourism, tin beryllium implemented with nationalist participation. Urgent enactment was besides needed successful the human-wildlife conflict.

Published - June 04, 2026 11:11 p.m. IST

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