Keralam’s UDF govt at three months: Hits, hurdles and high expectations for V.D. Satheesan

Looking back at the first three months of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government in Keralam, what becomes evident is a mixed bag of results for Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan.After the swearing-in ceremony on May 18, 2026, it has been an eventful three months for 62-year-old Mr. Satheesan and his 20 Ministers – there have been hits and misses with the big plans. Many have been the challenges – some of them startling, such as a pesky monsoon-season electricity crisis – and controversies that cropped up on the path of the new government that came to power in a landslide 102-seat victory in the Assembly elections.From the word go, Mr. Satheesan has tried his best to convince the State that his government meant business in building a ‘Puthuyuga Keralam’ (new-age Keralam). He