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Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan connected Monday termed claims made by the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) authorities successful its ‘Progress Report’ arsenic baseless and misleading.
Mr. Satheesan said that the archetypal 328-page study has present travel down to 24 pages. The LDF authorities took 10 years to conception 5 lakh houses for the poor. The committedness that 5 lakh houses would beryllium constructed successful 5 years was primitively made by the LDF successful 2016. The erstwhile UDF authorities led by Oommen Chandy had constructed 4.43 lakh houses successful 5 years and started operation connected 50,000 further ones, helium said.
The LDF besides failed to support its predetermination manifesto committedness that the societal information pension would beryllium hiked to ₹2500 per beneficiary. The pensions were hiked by ₹400 (to ₹2000) conscionable earlier the 2025 section assemblage elections. Neither did the authorities support its committedness that the enactment terms of rubber would beryllium hiked to ₹250 per kg, helium said.
Mr. Satheesan’s remarks came connected the heels of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, presenting the ‘10-year advancement study of the government, saying that astir 97% of the 900 promises made successful the 2021 predetermination manifesto person either been fulfilled oregon are successful precocious stages of implementation.
Mr. Satheesan termed baseless the LDF claims concerning measures adopted to support the sportfishing assemblage and to resoluteness the land-related issues successful Idukki district. During UDF rule, the authorities was providing ₹25 arsenic subsidy erstwhile kerosene outgo ₹40 successful the market. Although the marketplace terms roseate to ₹110, the LDF authorities did not rise the subsidy amount, helium alleged.
The Opposition Leader besides slammed the LDF government’s claims regarding the Vizhinjam planetary seaport project. All the groundwork for this large initiative, helium said, was done during the word of the Oommen Chandy government. “All approvals were secured, the chromatic laid and the countdown was begun during the UDF rule. Back then, Mr. Vijayan, who was past the CPI(M) State secretary, had claimed it was a existent property scam amounting to ₹6,000 crore,” helium said.
He said that the CPI(M) and the existent Industries Minister P. Rajeeve had criticised the GAIL pipeline erstwhile the pipe-laying enactment was kicked disconnected during the UDF term.
Senior Congress person Ramesh Chennithala alleged that the LDF advancement study was simply meant to hoodwink the people. The authorities had released the study conscionable days earlier the Assembly elections nether the content that nary 1 would beryllium capable to contradict it, helium said. The radical of Kerala would cull the report, Mr. Chennithala said.
