UDF’s Puthuyuga Yatra: V.D. Satheesan flags Kerala’s monetary disaster and guarantees imaginative and prescient for State’s future – Imperial Wire

Kerala’s Chief of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has stated the State has slipped right into a extreme monetary disaster, forcing massive numbers of youths emigrate, and warned that if the current state of affairs continues, Kerala might “flip into an old-age house inside 5 years.”

Talking to reporters in Kasaragod forward of UDF’s Puthuyuga Yatra on Friday (February 6, 2026), which is ready to start from Kumbala, Mr. Satheesan launched a pointy assault on the State authorities, stating that Kerala had by no means witnessed such deep financial misery previously. He alleged that the federal government was “surviving on large borrowings”, the well being sector was “on a ventilator” and agriculture was in “a state of collapse.”

He stated the 30-day yatra would conclude in Thiruvananthapuram on March 7, with about 75% of the journey devoted to dialogue on “what the way forward for Kerala” ought to appear to be. “The place ever the current authorities has failed, the UDF has various plans,” he stated, including that the yatra would supply “a transparent imaginative and prescient of future Kerala” earlier than the folks.

“Whereas maladministration and governance failures will likely be strongly criticised, the journey will likely be completely different from typical protest marches and can embody dream-like declarations by no means seen earlier than,” he stated, including that visible paperwork and exhibitions would even be a part of the marketing campaign.

Reiterating the UDF’s “dedication to secularism”, Mr. Satheesan stated there can be no compromise on this and that “communalism can be firmly opposed.”

On Sabarimala gold row

He stated the Sabarimala gold problem can be “a significant matter of dialogue”, saying that there have been public considerations over “makes an attempt to shut the Sabarimala gold theft case with out proof.” He claimed that the investigation workforce had not even collected primary materials proof and warned that accused individuals launched on bail might “destroy” proof, elevating severe considerations concerning the probe.

Mr. Satheesan stated that if UDF convenor Adoor Prakash was to be questioned, the Chief Minister must also be questioned, whereas calling for the resignation of the Devaswom Minister.

He alleged that the CPI(M) was “granting parole indiscriminately” to convicts in prison instances, citing {that a} T.P. Chandrasekaran homicide case convict had obtained parole for practically 1,000 days. “Releasing political case convicts throughout the election interval will pose a grave threat,” he stated.

Accusing the CPI(M) of “sinking to the extent of misappropriating martyrs’ funds”, he alleged “double requirements in defending former TDB president A. Padmakumar, whereas eradicating V. Kunhikrishnan.”

On Jamaat assist

Mr. Satheesan stated the UDF would settle for assist from Jaamat-e-Islami, noting that the organisation had clearly acknowledged that it didn’t assist the thought of a theocratic state. He added that “when theocratic concepts had been promoted earlier, that they had sided with the CPI(M).”

He stated “everybody knew who can be strengthened” if the Indian Union Muslim League weakened, and the UDF’s effort was to “maintain everybody collectively” to stop that state of affairs. He additionally stated the criticism by NSS and SNDP leaders had been “private in nature” and never directed towards the Congress or the UDF, including that if correction was wanted, these may very well be made.

Expressing confidence concerning the upcoming Meeting polls, Mr. Satheesan stated Kerala would “have a Congress Chief Minister within the subsequent 5 years” and that “workforce UDF will return to energy with over 100 seats.”

He clarified that seat-sharing talks inside the UDF had been but to be accomplished and that no candidate had begun campaigning.

Stating that “a brand new period is starting and the communist rule is coming to an finish”, he stated the Puthuyuga Yatra was “not aimed on the elites however at atypical folks struggling to make ends meet.”