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Kerala HC quashes LDF government’s ‘Nava Kerala - Citizen Response Programme’ ahead of Assembly polls

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February 18, 2026

In a major setback to the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday quashed the government order to conducta door-to-door survey named ‘Nava Kerala Citizen Response Programme’.

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Quashing the government order to conduct the ‘Nava Kerala Citizen Response Programme’a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar VM said that THE government cannot deploy public funds and machinery for a large-scale household survey that resembles a political campaign, ahead of THE 2026 assembly elections.

The court observed that the Rs20-crore fund allocated for the survey from the public exchequer was granted without financial approval or budgetary sanction.

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