What would happen if every candidate in the Assembly election behaved and spoke like V S Achuthanandan?
At election time, Minister G Sudhakaran is selling his poetic CD through Consumerfed outlets.
Minister Thomas Isaac reportedly received 17 crores from abroad through banking channels in violation of so many rules.
The Marxists surreptitiously joined hands with the Jamat-e-Islami, which they once described as extremist and anti-national. Perhpas they are trying to fill the vacuum left by the PDP and Abdul Nasser Madhani. They also made seat adjustments with the BJP, which hitherto was their sworn enemy. We have a peculiar phenomenon in Malampuzha, where there is no BJP candidate to trouble Achuthanandan.
Achuthanandan made a big mistake by asking the media to ‘investigate’ how Lathika Subhash gained fame. Firstly, he exposed himself as a chauvinist with distinct prejudices against women in general. Secondly, he made the mistake of indulging in character assassination without even an iota of evidence. In order to tarnish the image of a woman political opponent, he ruthlessly resorted to defamation, mud-slinging and blatant sexism. And he chose the diabolical method of planting the seeds of suspicion in the minds of the electorate.
Achuthanandan made an even bigger mistake of equating media attention with greatness. In his pomposity and arrogance he assumes he is greater than Lathika Subhash, simply because gets more media coverage. But visibility alone is not the mark of an individual’s value to the community or the world.
Is Kerala moving backword?
11 out of 12 constituencies in Kollam District had LDF MLAs from 2006 to 2011. Five of them were Ministers. And yet, Kollam District ranked 11th among the 14 districts of Kerala on the basis of per capita income (at current prices). Only 3 districts, namely Kasargod, Wayanad and Malappuram lagged behind Kollam. (Source: Economic Review 2010) It is time to classify Kollam as a backward district. This is the contribution of the LDF Ministers and MLAs in a nutshell. Kollam kandaal illam venda ennu pandokke parayumaayirunnu. Ippol athu parayaan vayya.
The CM himself estimated the lottery industry’s earnings at 80,000 crores. If this is the amount that the poor misguided people of Kerala had lost by purchasing lottery tickets during the LDF rule, how much was won by the winners (if any), how much went to the 2.5 lakh lottery ticket sellers who depend on this industry for their livelihood, how much came into the coffers of the Government, and how much went into the hands of Santiago Martin and other kingpins is anybody’s guess. As the LDF Government has been dilly-dallying instead of ordering an investigation, the truth still remains under wraps.
At election time, Minister G Sudhakaran is selling his poetic CD through Consumerfed outlets.
Minister Thomas Isaac reportedly received 17 crores from abroad through banking channels in violation of so many rules.
The Marxists surreptitiously joined hands with the Jamat-e-Islami, which they once described as extremist and anti-national. Perhpas they are trying to fill the vacuum left by the PDP and Abdul Nasser Madhani. They also made seat adjustments with the BJP, which hitherto was their sworn enemy. We have a peculiar phenomenon in Malampuzha, where there is no BJP candidate to trouble Achuthanandan.
Achuthanandan made a big mistake by asking the media to ‘investigate’ how Lathika Subhash gained fame. Firstly, he exposed himself as a chauvinist with distinct prejudices against women in general. Secondly, he made the mistake of indulging in character assassination without even an iota of evidence. In order to tarnish the image of a woman political opponent, he ruthlessly resorted to defamation, mud-slinging and blatant sexism. And he chose the diabolical method of planting the seeds of suspicion in the minds of the electorate.
Achuthanandan made an even bigger mistake of equating media attention with greatness. In his pomposity and arrogance he assumes he is greater than Lathika Subhash, simply because gets more media coverage. But visibility alone is not the mark of an individual’s value to the community or the world.
Is Kerala moving backword?
11 out of 12 constituencies in Kollam District had LDF MLAs from 2006 to 2011. Five of them were Ministers. And yet, Kollam District ranked 11th among the 14 districts of Kerala on the basis of per capita income (at current prices). Only 3 districts, namely Kasargod, Wayanad and Malappuram lagged behind Kollam. (Source: Economic Review 2010) It is time to classify Kollam as a backward district. This is the contribution of the LDF Ministers and MLAs in a nutshell. Kollam kandaal illam venda ennu pandokke parayumaayirunnu. Ippol athu parayaan vayya.
The CM himself estimated the lottery industry’s earnings at 80,000 crores. If this is the amount that the poor misguided people of Kerala had lost by purchasing lottery tickets during the LDF rule, how much was won by the winners (if any), how much went to the 2.5 lakh lottery ticket sellers who depend on this industry for their livelihood, how much came into the coffers of the Government, and how much went into the hands of Santiago Martin and other kingpins is anybody’s guess. As the LDF Government has been dilly-dallying instead of ordering an investigation, the truth still remains under wraps.
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