Kochi, March 29 -- With the Kerala Assembly Elections approaching, Congress MP KC Venugopal on Sunday accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of "looting" the economy of Kerala and using public funds for political branding, drawing a contrast between the LDF and the Congress-led UDF.

Speaking to ANI, Venugopal stated, "As far as UDF is concerned, Congress is concerned, whatever we have to do for poor people is a clear-cut guarantee, is our commitment. You can see the commitment in Karnataka, you can see the commitment in Telangana. We had demonstrated that and only proved that. Not like Pinarayi Vijayan. He completely looted the economy of Kerala, and he is using the fund of Kerala for his campaign."

"We can see the hoardings all over K...