Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 13 -- Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday launched an attack on the BJP-led Union government, accusing it of squeezing the state financially and withholding Rs.5,900 crore due to it in the last three months of the current financial year,

The chief minister made the remarks while inaugurating a day-long "satyagraha" by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government against alleged financial blockade by the Centre at the Martyrs Memorial in Thiruvananthapuram, and attended by all state ministers, MLAs, MPs and LDF coalition leaders. Vijayan had led a similar protest in Delhi in February 2024 on the same issue.

Terming the state's fight as a 'battle for survival', Vijayan called for public opinion to rise ...