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Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan connected Monday (February 9, 2026) launched a blistering onslaught connected the ruling LDF government, alleging that Kerala was facing a “complete illness successful governance and finances”. He said “even Left sympathisers bash not privation the LDF to instrumentality to power.”
Addressing a property league astatine the PWD resthouse astatine Thalassery successful Kannur aft starring the UDF’s Puthuyuga Yatra, Mr. Satheesan said Kerala was grappling with aggregate crises, including an agrarian downturn, unchecked wildlife menace, and an wide stagnation successful development.
“There is nary governance present and nary wealth successful the treasury,” helium said, adding that continuous Left regularisation had pushed the State into decline.
Mr. Satheesan alleged that the agriculture assemblage was successful “total collapse”, with farmers facing terrible distress owed to wildlife attacks and argumentation failures. Development had stalled crossed Kerala, helium said, pointing retired that the textile mill astatine Pinarayi, the Chief Minister’s hometown, had remained closed for months.
“Even bully communists person begun to hatred this government,” helium remarked, accusing the Left of “transforming into an utmost right-wing force.”
Referring to interior enactment issues, Mr. Satheesan said the CPI(M) was pursuing a signifier of expelling those who constituent retired mistakes, citing the concern successful Payyannur arsenic an example. He said that V. Kunhikrishnan was removed from the enactment for “speaking the information and exposing the irregularities” that had occured successful the postulation and utilisation of the CPI(M) martyr’s fund.
On Sabarimala golden case
On the Sabarimala golden theft case, helium alleged that respective radical progressive were “standing successful a queue to spell to jail“ and claimed that much CPI(M) leaders were yet to beryllium booked successful the case.
Responding to disapproval implicit photographs with arguable individuals, Mr. Satheesan said it was “common” for radical to instrumentality photographs unneurotic connected antithetic occasions. “Even the Chief Minister has taken photographs with specified individuals. We are not demanding his arrest,” helium said.
He besides cited an lawsuit wherever Minister M.B. Rajesh had taken a photograph with a vlogger arsenic portion of tourism promotion, against whom aboriginal allegations of espionage were raised. “Did we inquire for the Minister’s arrest?” helium asked, adding that helium was the lone Opposition Leader who spoke successful enactment of the Minister erstwhile the contented was raised successful the Assembly.
Mr. Satheesan reiterated that the UDF would proceed to exposure what helium termed arsenic the failures and contradictions of the LDF authorities crossed the State.
Shafi Parambil, MP, and P.K. Kunhalikutty, MLA, were among the different leaders contiguous astatine the property conference.
