Satheesan accuses LDF govt. of forcing people into debt trap

Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has alleged that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan volition beryllium leaving his bureau successful the coming months slapping a nationalist indebtedness of astir ₹6 lakh crore connected the radical of Kerala.

He was addressing a nationalist gathering astatine Kuttiyadi successful Kozhikode connected Wednesday (February 11, 2026) arsenic portion of the United Democratic Front’s ‘Puthuyuga Yathra’, a State-wide run up of the Assembly polls.

Mr. Satheesan claimed that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) authorities was astir to implicit its tenure aft pushing radical into the highest ever indebtedness trap successful the past of the State. “It was the Oommen Chandy authorities which turned astir fortunes of the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB). It had started making profits then. You request to cognize that successful the past 10 years, the KSEB has incurred a indebtedness of ₹50,000 crore. So acold the authorities has hiked powerfulness charges 4 times. Another summation is successful the pipeline,” helium said.

Mr. Satheesan besides criticised the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for allegations revolving astir the postulation of funds for the operation of a memorial for 1 of its martyrs successful Kannur district.

Row implicit speech

Meanwhile, a contention erupted aft quality channels aired videos showing Shafi Parambil, Vadakara MP, expressing his displeasure for not being invited to talk during the event. The reports claimed that Mr. Parambil refused to code the gathering aft Pramod Kakkattil, District Congress Committee (DCC) secretary, invited Mr. Satheesan to code the gathering bypassing him.

Senior Congress leaders, however, refuted the claims. DCC president K. Praveenkumar and Mr. Kakkattil told the media separately that the lawsuit was moving down schedule. It was expected to statesman astatine 10 a.m., but Mr. Satheesan arrived astatine Kuttiyadi astir one-and-a-half-hours late. Because of the delay, though Mr. Parambil was scheduled to talk aft M.K. Raghavan, Kozhikode MP, Mr. Satheesan was asked to code the radical alternatively of him.

However, Mr. Parambil made a little code aft radical successful the assemblage demanded that helium code them. The Vadakara MP said that the Kuttiyadi Assembly constituency would beryllium among the 100 seats the UDF was going to triumph successful the adjacent elections.