Synopsis: Ahead of local body polls, Kerala government rolled out welfare packages. However, it is being considered as a move to repair image after PM SHRI row, and Sabarimala gold controversy.

With the local body elections looming large and the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) facing mounting criticism over recent controversies, including the PM SHRI scheme signing and the missing Sabarimala gold case, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday, 29 October, unveiled a massive slew of welfare and financial measures — seen widely as a pre-poll push to reconnect with the electorate.

The announcements, made at a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram, mark one of the government’s most expansive welfare packages in recent years.

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