Reincarnation as Crisis Manager
According to Malayalam writer and political analyst C S Chandrika, the election result is by and large a recognition of Vijayan’s reincarnation as a crisis manager. “He never used calamities as an excuse for not implementing welfare and developmental measures. So, there’s nothing strange in Vijayan’s victory, even though he presided over the LDF’s worst-ever Lok Sabha performance in 2019.”
Vijayan has even won applause from Union Minister Nitin Gadkari for his role in improving the standards of national highways, coastal highways, and high range highways in the state. He also helped commission the Centre’s long-delayed GAIL gas pipeline project. The first phase of the Kovalam-Kasaragod waterway was also commissioned this year.
The Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board, created by the Vijayan government, spent Rs 60,000 crore on infrastructure development in the last five years, as against the initial target of Rs 50,000 crore.
“In the election…