E Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac questions UDF’s ‘empty treasury’ claim

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Published 5/21/2026, 11:05:46 AM · Updated 5/21/2026, 1:55:12 PMBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team

E Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac questions UDF’s ‘empty treasury’ claim

Key points

  • Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and former Minister for Finance T.M.
  • Thomas Isaac has questioned the United Democratic Front (UDF) government’s claim of “inheriting an empty treasury” from the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government.
  • “The UDF government should be willing to disclose the cash balance when it came to power,” Dr. Isaac said, pointing out that Minister for Finance in the LDF government K.N.
  • Balagopal had stated that the cash balance was approximately ₹6,000 crore.
  • Referring to Chief Minister V.D.

Published May 21, 2026.


📌 Source: The Hindu

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