Pinarayi Vijayan terms Sudha Pillai committee report on KIIFB a mere political document

Keralam Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan

Keralam’s Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday accused the UDF government of backing the Centre’s agenda to destroy the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) which “gave wings to Keralam’s development dreams.”

In a social media post, he described the report of the Sudha Pillai committee, which examined KIIFB operations, and Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan’s glorification of it as tantamount to throwing a challenge to the State. The report, placed in the State Assembly, was a mere political document that has copied down the “baseless allegations” levelled by the Chief Minister, Mr. Vijayan said.

Through KIIFB, the previous LDF government realised basic infrastructure development that would otherwise have been possible only over a period of 25 or 50 years. Destroying KIIFB would not just be a historical blunder, but also a cruelty towards the present and future generations, he said.