The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Opposition walked out of the Assembly, accusing the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government of wilfully depriving local self-government institutions of their Budgetary allocation.
Leader of the Opposition V. D. Satheesan said the government had made a mockery of the 2022-23 Budget and rendered its passage in Assembly a farcical exercise by taking away the development funds promised to local bodies.
In two back-to-back “illegal” orders, the government withheld the funds allocated to the local bodies in the current Budget to offset the revenue crunch caused by the State’s fiscal mismanagement, he said.
