Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has accused the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government of prioritising mega events spending crores of rupees of public money while ignoring the travails of the struggling social welfare pensioners.
Speaking to press persons here on January 29 (Monday) after the Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) staged a walkout from the Assembly, Mr. Satheesan alleged that the government has not paid welfare pensions to senior citizens, widows, agricultural labourers and the differently abled for the past five months.
Earlier in the day, the Opposition had moved an adjournment motion for a debate on the death by suicide of a needy person in Kozhikode allegedly due to non-payment of social welfare pension dues.
