A year of despair, says UDF

The UDF on Wednesday held an agitation - ‘A year sans development’ - against the LDF Government that will complete its first year in office on Thursday.

A UDF activist could not hold back her admiration for former CM Oommen Chandy as she kisses his hands after garlanding other leaders on stage during the public meet and evening dharna to mark ‘A year which has made nothing right,’ coinciding with the fir

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The UDF on Wednesday held an agitation - ‘A year sans development’ - against the LDF Government that will complete its first year in office on Thursday. The UDF Thiruvananthapuram committee held the agitation as part of the front’s state-wide agitation on Thursday against the one year of the LDF Government.

The leaders who spoke at the agitation held at the Martyrs Column said the one year that has gone was a year of despair. They said the Left Govt that came to power with big promises had failed to come out with any new programmes.

Addressing the agitation, former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said the Pinarayi Vijayan Government had failed in all sectors and no new development initiative had been brought in. Mentioning the CAG report against the Vizhinjam Port, he said there were attempts to sabotage the project raising certain issues in the agreement. The project should be taken forward and if there is any issue, it should be rectified.

He said the UDF would protest against any attempt to derail development in the state. Stating the government had failed in providing rice at reduced rate to the people, he said the state government should have approached the Centre if the rice quota was cut short, instead of lamenting on the same.  
Chandy said the present government is conducting only inauguration of projects that have already been inaugurated by the previous UDF Government.

The inauguration of the new block of SAT hospital here was done when I was the Chief Minister. And now, Vijayan is again inaugurating it, he said.IUML leader P K Kunhalikutty said the LDF had done nothing in its first year. If this is the trend, the coming years could not be thought of, he said.   
KPCC president M M Hassan, V S Sivakumar, RSP leader A A Azis and CMP leader C P John were present.

The UDF Thiruvananthapuram distric committee held the agitation as part of the front’s state-wide agitation on Thursday against the one year of the LDF Government.
The leaders who spoke at the agitation held at the Martyrs Column said the one year that has gone was an year of despair.
The Left Govt that came to power with big promises has failed to come out with any new programmes, the leaders said.