THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: CPM politburo member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said that if the LDF retains power, welfare pension would be increased. The LDF will bring in a pension scheme for all non-pensioners above the age of 60 and all housewives. The LDF's goal is to make homes safer, he said while speaking after inaugurating the LDF Kazhakoottam constituency central election committee office.

Kodiyeri said the government had executed unparalleled development and claimed that the government had made the impossible possible. The government removed the obstruction to the development of national highways. The waterway from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod was made a reality. The central agencies are flying to overthrow the government like other states. They should remember that Kerala is not like the other states. He asked activists to work hard to bring the LDF's seat to three-digit-number.