Overview
- The document, released by V. D. Satheesan in Thiruvananthapuram, is framed as the UDF’s calling card for the local body race.
- It alleges entrenched corruption, spotlighting the 2019 Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple gold theft and asserting political knowledge of the crime by Devaswom leaders.
- Citing CAG findings, the UDF claims public debt exceeds Rs 4.5 lakh crore, including KIIFB and pension liabilities, and accuses the government of borrowing for salaries and pensions.
- It pledges probes under a prospective 2026 UDF government into K-FON and AI traffic-camera contracts and alleges a stake by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s family in multi-crore deals.
- The UDF says health, education, and agriculture have deteriorated and will release its manifesto in Kochi on November 24 ahead of polling on December 9 and 11.