V. K. SreekandanDOCKET NO. 32497

AGE

55

EDUCATION

Graduate

TERMS SERVED

1

PROFESSION BEFORE POLITICS

Politician

DECLARED ASSETS

Rs 1.20 Crore

V. K. Sreekandan is a Member of Parliament representing the Palakkad constituency in Kerala. He is a member of the Indian National Congress party.

ATTENDANCE

84.7%

QUESTIONS ASKED

155

DEBATES PARTICIPATED

33

MPLADS UTILIZATION

26.6%

SOURCE: PRS India

ALLOCATED

₹14.70 Cr

SPENT

₹4.80 Cr

UNSPENT

₹9.90 Cr

UTILIZATION

32.6%

WORKS COMPLETED

72

WORKS RECOMMENDED

133

SOURCE: Empowered Indian (empoweredindian.in/mplads), MPLADS government data

0 FULFILLED · 4 BROKEN · 2 IN PROGRESS · 1 UNVERIFIED

1. 01. Legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP) as per Swaminathan Commission.

   UNVERIFIED

   No law or legal guarantee for MSP exists as of 2025 despite repeated farmer protests demanding it. Promised only by opposition parties not in power federally, so never had the opportunity to enact.

   MSP Guarantee · SOURCE: INC 2024 Manifesto

2. 02. Conducting a nationwide socio-economic and caste census.

   IN PROGRESS

   Union Cabinet approved including caste enumeration in the next national census (30 Apr 2025); house-listing phase begins Oct 2026, population enumeration March 2027.

   Caste Census · SOURCE: INC 2024 Manifesto

3. 03. Scrapping the Agnipath scheme and restoring regular recruitment in the armed forces.

   BROKEN

   Government has explicitly ruled out any rollback (NSA Ajit Doval, 2025: 'no question of a rollback'); scheme continues and is expanding.

   Agnipath Scrapping · SOURCE: INC 2024 Manifesto

4. 04. Comprehensive study of Palakkad's developmental priorities: tourism potential, agricultural/industrial employment, education, and tribal area development.

   IN PROGRESS

   A comprehensive development study of Palakkad has been initiated by the MP; tourism, agriculture, tribal development priorities have been mapped and MPLAD funds are being directed accordingly.

   Infrastructure · SOURCE: The News Minute, 2024

5. 05. MSP Guarantee: Legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP) as per Swaminathan Commission.

   BROKEN

   MSP legal guarantee has not been legislated. INC is in opposition; the BJP-led government has not enacted a legal MSP guarantee.

   General · SOURCE: INC 2024 Manifesto

6. 06. Caste Census: Conducting a nationwide socio-economic and caste census.

   BROKEN

   A nationwide caste census was not conducted by the BJP-led central government.

   General · SOURCE: INC 2024 Manifesto

7. 07. Agnipath Scrapping: Scrapping the Agnipath scheme and restoring regular recruitment in the armed forces.

   BROKEN

   Agnipath scheme was not scrapped. The BJP-NDA government continued it; INC could not implement this promise.

   General · SOURCE: INC 2024 Manifesto

Details of criminal cases not immediately available in a consolidated format. However, election affidavits typically list the nature of the charges. For specific details, a review of individual affidavits would be necessary.

• [1] INC 2024 Manifesto
• [2] https://www.myneta.info/LokSabha2024/candidate.php?candidate_id=2305