This Article is From Apr 05, 2016

Kerala Polls: Achuthanandan Starts Campaign With Attack On UDF

Kerala Polls: Achuthanandan Starts Campaign With Attack On UDF

VS Achuthanandan launched the LDF campaign for the May 16 Assembly polls in Kerala.

Palakkad (Kerala): Stealing a march over his political rivals, 93-year old CPI(M) veteran VS Achuthanandan today launched the LDF campaign for the May 16 Assembly polls in Kerala with a blistering attack on Congress-led ruling UDF and BJP-BDJS.

The Opposition leader addressed a massive Left Democratic Front (LDF) convention at Malampuzha in the district, from where he is seeking re-election for the third time.

Attacking the Oommen Chandy-led UDF government, he alleged that the number of cases against the Chief Minister and other ministers pending in Lokayukta "itself was a proof of deep corruption" in the government.

Referring to controversial land assignment orders issued by the government in March just before the poll announcement, the former chief minister alleged that a total of 2,820 acres of land were given to "corporates and companions" of the government.

Targeting the BJP-led NDA, Mr Achuthanandan accused the saffron party of trying to create communal divide in the state.

He alleged that there were irregularities in a micro-finance scheme run by Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP), whose new party Bharat Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS) is the second largest partner of NDA in the state.

He alleged that SNDP General Secretary Vellapally Natesan had joined hands with BJP to save himself in the case. "I have filed a case against Natesan at the Vigilance Court, Thiruvananthapuram," he said.

29-year-old Kerala Student's Union President VS Joy of Congress will be the UDF candidate against Achuthanandan.
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