A crucial Left Democratic Front (LDF) State committee meeting here on January 16 (Tuesday) resolved to take the fight against the Centre’s “crippling financial embargo” on Kerala to New Delhi by announcing a high-profile protest led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at Jantar Mantar on February 8.
Left Democratic Front (LDF) convener E.P. Jayarajan said Ministers, MLAs and Lok Sabha members from Kerala will join Mr. Vijayan in New Delhi in “State’s fight for fiscal federalism and fair treatment”. The Chief Minister will lead the elected representatives on foot from Kerala House to the protest venue.
He said Mr. Vijayan had on Sunday invited Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan and Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) national general secretary P.K. Kunhalikutty to lend Congress-led United Democratic Front’s (UDF) weight to the struggle for Kerala’s development and welfare.
