Why CPM was no match for Satheesan inside Assembly | Onmanorama Explains

The nine-day Assembly session that began on October 12 was an emphatic victory for the V D Satheesan-led UDF government. It ruthlessly dismantled LDF structures, particularly KIIFB, and unapologetically laid the ground for a 'private capital'-led growth. As proof we have two historic bills that were passed during the session: The Keralam Maritime Board Amendment Act, and the Simplified and Accelerated Regulatory Approvals and Licensing or SARAL Keralam Act. During this session, the Opposition LDF also let loose a flurry of allegations against the Satheesan government; power crisis, medicine shortage, clinical trials, human animal conflict, road deaths. But none of them rworked. Yet, the CPM also raised some very critical policy questions that the Chief Minister either ignored or failed to provide satisfactory answers