PM Modi pushes ‘double engine’ pitch in Kerala, but makes no big-ticket announcements

Key Highlights

• Though there were intense speculations that the Mr.
• Modi would announce big-ticket developmental projects for Kerala, including a high-speed railway corridor and a metro line for the capital, he did not specifically mention any project while making a pitch for ‘Vikasita Keralam’ (Developed Kerala).
• Mr.
• Modi accused the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government of denying the benefits of Centrally sponsored schemes, including the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana urban housing project and the PM SHRI project for schools, to the people of the State.
• In his first visit to the Kerala capital after the BJP captured power in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation in the recently concluded local body elections, he said that the win in the Corporation was “historic and a harbinger of change across the State.” “Whenever I have come to Kerala, you have given me your love.