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Accusing the Left Democratic Front (LDF) of carrying retired “a fake campaign” implicit the utilisation of the funds collected by the Congress to physique houses for the landslide-displaced families astatine Mundakkai and Chooralmala successful Wayanad, K.C. Venugopal, All India Congress Committee (AICC) wide caput and MP, connected Tuesday (April 7, 2026) challenged the Kerala authorities to transportation retired an probe into the allegations of wrongdoing.
Addressing a property league astatine the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office successful Thiruvananthapuram, Mr. Venugopal said the houses the Congress enactment had promised to the families successful the landslide-hit country volition beryllium completed “within six months of the United Democratic Front (UDF) coming to power.”
He said that the decease of a farmer, who was recovered hanging astatine a Communist Party of India (CPI) bureau successful Vaikom connected Tuesday, is not an isolated incidental but “the latest illustration of however the anti-farmer policies” of the State authorities are affecting farmers. He said that adjacent exemplary farmers who person won awards are taking their ain lives.
Open missive to CM
Mr. Venugopal besides released ‘an unfastened letter’ helium wrote to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, successful which helium questioned Mr. Vijayan astir the “agenda” of his closed-door gathering with Union Ministers Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari and Nirmala Sitharaman. “Were these meetings, successful which helium (the Chief Minister) avoided officials, meant for deal-making? Whose interests were helium protecting erstwhile helium decided to instrumentality the PM Shri strategy successful Kerala contempt the absorption of the CPI?” asked Mr. Venugopal.
The Congress person alleged that arsenic per the ‘progress report’ released by the Chief Minister, the LDF authorities took 10 years to implicit 5 lakh houses, alternatively of 5 years arsenic earlier promised. “The LDF promised to summation the payment pension to ₹2,500, but it was ₹1,600 until 4 months ago, erstwhile they accrued it to ₹2,000,” helium pointed out.
Mr. Venugopal alleged that the Uralungal Labour Contract Co-operative Society Ltd (ULCCS) has gained a ample fig of contracts without due tenders nether the LDF government.
“Uralungal is to Pinarayi Vijayan, conscionable similar Adani is to Narendra Modi. All large contracts are being awarded to the company, which has go the large root of wealth for the CPI(M),” helium said.
He expressed assurance that the UDF’s guarantees volition propel it to powerfulness successful the upcoming Assembly elections.
He accused Mr. Vijayan of “turning the communist enactment into a firm entity and turning the full predetermination run into a highly individualistic workout focussed connected himself.”
