The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) walked out of the Kerala Assembly on February 13 (Tuesday) accusing the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government of scuttling the Food and Civil Supplies department’s market intervention programme by depriving Supplyco of direly needed funding.
The treasury benches pushed back by stating that the Opposition United Democratic Front’s (UDF) adjournment motion notice seeking the leave of the House to discuss the issue was intriguingly “devoid of any criticism” against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government.
Food and Civil Supplies Minister G.R. Anil said the Centre’s “financial embargo” on Kerala had impaired the State’s market intervention strategy.