Messi visit row: Kerala’s UDF govt weighs anti-corruption probe into Argentina football match plan under previous LDF regime
The Kerala government is considering an anti-corruption probe into the previous administration's failed 2025 plan to host Lionel Messi and the Argentina football team. The inquiry alleges financial irregularities, including tax fraud and potential misuse of public funds during the planning process.
The Congress -led United Democratic Front (UDF) government in Kerala on Tuesday (August 11, 2026) appeared poised to order an anti-corruption investigation into the previous Left Democratic Front (LDF) government’s “bungled attempt” to bring the 2021 FIFA World Cup-winning Argentina team and its iconic captain, Lionel Messi, for a ‘friendly exhibition’ match at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi in 2025.
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