UDF govt in Keralam implementing RSS-BJP agenda, says Pinarayi Vijayan

Keralam Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vijayan speaking during the extended district committee meeting of the CPI(M) in Kozhikode on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh

Keralam Opposition Leader and Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] Polit Bureau member Pinarayi Vijayan has accused the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government in the State of implementing the agenda of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its political arm, the BJP.

He was delivering a speech to inaugurate the two-day extended Kozhikode district committee meeting of the party in Kozhikode on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) morning.

Mr. Vijayan said that the latest example of the UDF government’s “subservience” to the RSS-BJP combine was its decision to weaken the State Planning Board. He claimed that the task of preparing various projects under the five-year plan had been given to private consulting agencies. “The BJP government disbanded the National Planning Commission and introduced NITI Aayog. Similarly, by roping in private consultancy firms, the State government has made the Planning Board just a figurehead,” the CPI(M) leader said.