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Former Kerala Revenue Minister K. Rajan, MLA, has launched a beardown onslaught connected the revised 2026–27 State Budget, alleging that “privatisation, onshore deals and gimmicks” signifier its core.
Targeting the projected Land Reforms 2.0, Mr. Rajan told the media successful Thrissur connected Saturday that changes to onshore laws and ceiling norms would pave the mode for large-scale transportation of onshore to corporates. He argued that the Budget marks a wide displacement distant from the payment authorities model.
“The determination to fast-track onshore conversion for commercialized usage and unfastened up plantation onshore for tourism is aimed astatine benefiting existent property interests and onshore mafias,” helium said, informing that the authorities was attempting to dilute the essence of onshore reforms.
Calling privatisation the “signature” of the Budget, Mr. Rajan said the argumentation absorption signals accrued backstage assemblage introduction adjacent successful captious sectors specified arsenic healthcare. Mr. Rajan said that with the enactment of fiscal projections successful the ‘White Paper’, the UDF govvernment is creating a communicative that privatisation is the lone mode for development.
He besides criticised the government’s presumption connected the PM SHRI scheme, alleging that specified initiatives could present “ideologically driven content” successful the acquisition system. Questioning the urgency to instrumentality the scheme, helium asked whether outer unit was influencing the decision.
Rejecting claims astir the erstwhile LDF government’s role, helium said that though an MoU had been signed earlier, steps were taken wrong weeks to frost implementation, with nary schools selected oregon funds drawn.
