UDF government surrendering to Centre; KIIFB made 50 years of development possible, says Pinarayi Vijayan

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vijayan has accused the UDF government of supporting the Centre's agenda to destroy the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB which had given wings to the state's development dreams. In a Facebook post, Pinarayi said the Sudha Pillai committee report, appointed to examine KIIFB, and the Chief Minister's attempt to glorify its findings amounted to a declaration of war against Kerala. He described the report tabled in the Assembly as nothing more than a political document that merely reproduced the baseless allegations repeatedly made by the Chief Minister.

According to Pinarayi, the LDF government had revived KIIFB with the aim of completing infrastructure projects in the present that would otherwise have taken 25 to 50 years to materialise. He alleged that those who had once fiercely mocked the revival of KIIFB were now blinded by its remarkable success and trying to strangle the institution. Weakening KIIFB would not just be a historic blunder but also a grave injustice to the present and future generations, he added.

Pinarayi Vijayan's Facebook post

The UDF government is supporting the Centre's agenda to destroy KIIFB, which gave wings to Kerala's development dreams. The Sudha Pillai committee report appointed to examine KIIFB and the Chief Minister's stand glorifying its findings amount to a declaration of war against Kerala. The report tabled in the Assembly is nothing but a political document that reproduces, word for word, the baseless allegations repeatedly made by the Chief Minister.

The LDF government used KIIFB to realise infrastructure projects in the present that would otherwise have taken 25 or even 50 years to complete. Those who once ridiculed the revival of KIIFB in the harshest terms are now blinded by its remarkable success and are attempting to strangle it. Destroying KIIFB is not merely a historic blunder but also a grave injustice to the present and future generations.