Opposition UDF ‘chargesheet’ portrays Kerala as a State in decline under nearly a decade of LDF rule

Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Opposition successful Kerala has unveiled a “chargesheet” against the authorities which sought to represent Kerala arsenic a State successful heavy diminution nether nine-and-a-half years of Left Democratic Front (LDF) rule.

Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan told a property league successful Thiruvananthapuram connected Wednesday (November 19, 2025) that the “chargesheet” volition beryllium the UDF’s “calling card” astatine the hustings successful the run-up to the section assemblage predetermination successful Kerala successful December. It is besides a precursor to the UDF’s canvass manifesto, acceptable for merchandise successful Kochi connected November 24, helium said.

The Opposition’s ‘chargesheet’ sought to indict the State authorities connected a slew of charges, ranging from the sensational Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple golden theft to mundane livelihood issues specified arsenic spiralling seller inflation, stray canine menace, worsening outgo of surviving crisis, potholed roads, stalled civic works, breached nationalist wellness strategy and a cratering agrarian sector.

Mounting nationalist debt, human-wildlife conflict, mediocre instrumentality and order, surging unemployment, expanding poverty, and entrenched corruption figured prominently successful the UDF’s papers against the LDF.

‘Smokescreen of lies’

Mr. Satheesan said the UDF would exposure the LDF’s “smokescreen of lies” astir the State’s development, including gangly claims astir eradicating utmost poverty, successful doorstep conversations and municipality hallway meetings with voters.

He assured that the UDF’s predetermination manifesto would connection voters a “credible governance alternative, hinging connected nationalist work delivery, enhanced societal welfare, zero corruption and fast-tracked development.”

When asked wherefore the UDF had “failed” to present connected its comparatively insignificant committedness to physique houses for families displaced by the Wayanad landslides, Mr. Satheesan blamed the State authorities for “failing to supply land.”

Mr. Satheesan, who is the chairperson of the UDF’s steering committee for Wayanad rehabilitation, said the Opposition would soon fulfil its committedness to present 300 houses and had identified 4 sites for construction. He refused to wade into controversies surrounding the UDF’s money postulation for the Wayanad rehabilitation.

Mr. Satheesan denied that the High Court had rejected the corruption charges the UDF had brought against K-FON and AI-augmented postulation surveillance camera system. He said the tribunal had simply stated that it could not intervene, fixed that the projects were nether way. 

Mr. Satheesan said “a prospective UDF authorities successful 2026” would analyse the contracts and accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s household of “having a involvement successful the multi-crore deals.”

He besides alleged that CPI(M)-controlled work organisations had asked their members to bypass the houses of known UDF supporters erstwhile distributing SIR forms. “The adjacent UDF authorities volition guarantee that BLOs who enactment arsenic governmental agents for the CPI(M) suffer their jobs and spell to prison”, helium said.

Mr. Satheesan said that this time, the Congress faced “a acold little level of the rebel menace and dissensions” implicit campaigner enactment than successful past polls.