The Leader of the Opposition argues the 4,896 acres acquired at a reported ₹12,240 crore, approved during the LDF era, was a natural extension of a two-decade process and part of plans for the Kannur International Airport and the Kochi-Bengaluru industrial corridor. Vijayan dismisses KIIFB Kannur land probe as political drama, framing decades-long plans for Kannur Airport and industrial corridors as misrepresented.