THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy had replied to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who challenged him to compare the administrative achievements of the LDF and UDF governments. Oommen Chandy's reply to Pinarayi was pointing out various activities of the two governments. However, the Chief Minister said in a Facebook post that the real facts are being put before the people as many of the arguments raised by Oommen Chandy are unsubstantiated and conceal the facts. Now Oommen Chandy has come forward to respond to the allegations of the Chief Minister with the backing of documents.

Oommen Chandy's Facebook post

Welfare pension

Along with this is the order dated September 10, 2014 which increased the welfare pensions in 5 slabs up to Rs 1100 and the order dated 2016 March 1 that raised the old age pension to Rs 1500. The propaganda that the UDF gave a pension of 600 rupees should be stopped now.

The pension disrupted

Attached is the reply given by Finance Minister Thomas Isaac in the Assembly on 26.4.2017 regarding the suspension of pension. Accordingly, the pension was suspended for 3 months in November, December and January 2014. The pension was transferred to bank from February 2015. This is because a large commission amount was required earlier when the pension was disbursed through money order. According to the minister, the pension amount was not received due to technical reasons. There were more political reasons than technical ones. Left-wing officials in cooperative banks did not disburse pensions. Along with this, the order issued by the Finance Department allocating Rs 246 crore for the payment of welfare pension in February 2016.

Free rice

When the UDF gives free rice to the people as provided by the central government, the LDF levies two rupees more from the BPLs and an additional two rupees from the APLs. The food kit which was provided 3 times a year has been discontinued.

Medical College

So far 4658 people have died due to Covid in Kerala. Had there been 16 medical colleges set up by the UDF government, there would not have been so many deaths. The UDF not only changed the board of medical colleges. The Indira Gandhi Medical College in Thiruvananthapuram was started with all modern facilities and was canceled after getting approval for 100 MBBS seats with the approval of the Indian Medical Council. About 100 students were admitted to Idukki Medical College and dropped out after the class started. Medical colleges at Konni, Kasaragod and Harippad were disrupted. Wayanad Medical College was started when the rule was over. Kerala lost 2500 MBBS seats at government rates.

Karunya Project

The project started by Mani sir was stopped and there is no response regarding it. The UDF will restart it.

Ashwasa Kiranam

The financial aid for kidney patients, dialysis patients, haemophilia patients, sickle cell patients, full bedridden patients and unwed mothers through schemes such as Ashwasa Kiranam, Samashwasam, Snehasparsham, Snehapoorvam and Wecare was stopped for more than a year and there is no response regarding it either.

Political murders

Welcoming the Left's stand that there should be no political murders. But not only did there were barbaric killings, but more than Rs 2 crore was also spent from the exchequer to protect the killers.

PSC Appointment
The Chief Minister himself said that the PSC appointment of the UDF was 1,50,353 and the reply given by him in the Assembly on January 12, 2021 was 1,54,386. (Document attached). The LDF is talking about PSC advice. It cannot be added as an appointment as one is likely to get a lot of advice.

Rubber subsidy

The price stabilization fund of Rs 150 for rubber was implemented by the UDF government in 2015. The project was continued by the Left government. Naturally more money was allocated. But when the UDF implemented it, the price of rubber was just Rs 80. Therefore, a subsidy of up to Rs 70 was given. Rubber is currently priced at Rs 170. Only a subsidy of Rs 5 needs to be allocated.

Big projects

Is at least one in the long list of big projects started by the Left government? This is a government that has been fortunate enough to inaugurate several projects of the UDF government.

The bars were shut down

The number of bars jumped from 29 to 605 when the govt claims to have done a strong anti-alcohol awareness. Retail liquor outlets increased from 306 to 1298.

Sabarimala

The government's reply is that since the case regarding the entry of women in Sabarimala is in the Supreme Court, any comment on it will affect the believers. They only need to withdraw the affidavit given in favor of women's entry. That alone is enough to make it clear.

Economic growth rate

The demand is to reveal the source that said the UDF's growth rate was 6.42% and the LDF's 5.28%. This figure is obtained by taking the state's gross domestic product from the economic review reports and dividing the growth rate each year by 5. These figures were found using the same formula used by the CAG.

Kerala has witnessed the trampling of believers, the kneeling of youth, the use of machetes and the cries of mothers who have been denied justice. Satyameva Jayate!