Political opportunism

#Chandy Oommen's political opportunism.

Chandy Oommen’s decision to jump into the dispute between K. B. Ganesh Kumar and G. Sukumaran Nair looks more like political opportunism than genuine concern. By strongly supporting Sukumaran Nair and calling him a national asset, Chandy appears to be ignoring the serious allegations raised by Ganesh Kumar about nepotism, autocratic functioning and questionable dealings within the NSS.

Whatever Ganesh Kumar’s personal shortcomings may be, his long association with the NSS gives him considerable knowledge of how the organisation functions. Chandy Oommen, on the other hand, has suddenly taken up the role of Nair’s strong supporter. This raises questions about whether his support is really based on admiration or on political calculations and an attempt to win community support.

The biggest irony is that Chandy has chosen not to address the serious issues raised against the NSS leadership. Ganesh Kumar has questioned the concentration of power and the way the organisation is being run, while Chandy appears to be defending the existing system without addressing those concerns.

His intervention therefore looks less like an act of principle and more like political calculation. It is an attempt to gain community support by standing firmly behind a powerful community leader at a time of internal controversy.

- K A Solaman

Rare Event

#Rare #Event

Kerala should tremble when a film actor is said to be leaving the BJP, but that did not happen in Devan's case. Because the fact that Devan was in the BJP is 'breaking news' for many.

When his party KPP merged with the BJP, the question of whether there was anyone to merge is still relevant. Perhaps if Devan did the merger alone, then it is just a rare political event that one person joins and a party merges at the same time.

All he had to do to announce his resignation was stand from his balcony at home, but Devan traveled all the way to Kanichukulangara and announced it in the presence of Padma Bhushan Vellappally Natesan. It would take a political strategist to understand the logic behind announcing his departure from the BJP in front of someone who has no connection with the BJP. 

It is said that the decision taken five months ago has now been announced and that the letter will be handed over soon. In other words, the distance between the resignation and its official document is as far as Devan's actual influence in the BJP.

Devan is now in the condition of a donkey whose health has deteriorated, his bones have been broken and his teeth have fallen out. Actor Bheeman Raghu can also be included in that category. -

 KA Solaman

അപമാനകരയായ പ്രവൃത്തി

#അപമാനകരമായ #പ്രവൃത്തി

ശ്രീ ശങ്കരാചാര്യ സംസ്കൃത സർവകലാശാല വൈസ് ചാൻസലർക്കെതിരെ സ്റ്റുഡന്റ്സ് ഫെഡറേഷൻ ഓഫ് ഇന്ത്യ (എസ്എഫ്ഐ) നടത്തിയ വ്യാജ ശവസംസ്കാര സമരം അങ്ങേയറ്റം അപലപനീയം.  വിദ്യാർത്ഥി പ്രതിഷേധത്തിന്റെ മറവിൽ ഇത്തരം ഹീനമായ നടപടികൾ സ്വീകരിക്കുന്നത് അക്കാദമിക് അന്തസ്സിനു നേരെയുള്ള നഗ്നമായ ആക്രമണമാണ്, ഇത് ബഹുമാന്യരായ അധ്യാപകർക്കു നേരെയുള്ള കടുത്ത മാനസിക പീഡനത്തിനും സ്വഭാവഹത്യയ്ക്കും തുല്യമാണ്. 

ഇത്തരം പ്രവൃത്തികൾ ജനാധിപത്യ/തത്ത്വങ്ങളെ പൂർണ്ണമായും വഴിപിഴപ്പിക്കുകയും ഉന്നത വിദ്യാഭ്യാസ സ്ഥാപനങ്ങളുടെ ബഹുമാന്യതക്ക് കളങ്കമേൽപ്പിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു. . ഇത്തരം ഹീനമായ സംഭവങ്ങൾക്ക് മുന്നിൽ പോലീസ് ഒരിക്കലും നിശബ്ദ കാഴ്ചക്കാരായി നിൽക്കരുത്. ​ഈ സംഭവത്തിന് ഉത്തരവാദികളായ കുറ്റവാളികൾക്കെതിരെ ഉടൻ തന്നെ കർശന നടപടി സ്വീകരിക്കണം.

കോളേജ് കാമ്പസുകളിൽ സുരക്ഷ, പരസ്പര ബഹുമാനം, അക്കാദമിക് മാന്യത എന്നിവ പുനഃസ്ഥാപിക്കുന്നതിനായി എല്ലാ സർവകലാശാലകളിലും സർക്കാർ കർശനമായ നിയന്ത്രണ നടപടികളും മാർഗ്ഗനിർദ്ദേശങ്ങളും നടപ്പിലാക്കണം.

-കെ എ സോളമൻ

Disgracefull act

#Disgraceful #Act

The mock funeral agitation conducted by the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) against the Vice-Chancellor of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit is deeply deplorable and unacceptable. Resorting to such extreme measures under the guise of student protest is a blatant attack on academic dignity, amounting to severe mental harassment and character assassination of respected educators. 

Such acts completely derail democratic/ principles, setting a harmful precedent that disrespects the sacred environment of higher education institutions. The police should never stand as mute spectator to such heinous incidence. ​The state government and law enforcement must take immediate, stringent action to book the culprits responsible for this incident.

The authorities must implement strict regulatory measures and institutional guidelines across all universities to ensure that such disgraceful acts are never repeated, restoring safety, mutual respect, and academic decorum on college campuses.

-K A Solaman

Disservice by the Opposition

#Disservice by the Opposition

The deliberate and uncooperative attitude of the opposition parties throughout this parliamentary session is a serious disservice to democracy and the national interest. By choosing political obstruction over constructive discussion, they have repeatedly disrupted parliamentary proceedings and prevented meaningful legislative work. 

Valuable parliamentary time, funded by taxpayers, has been lost because of this persistent obstruction. Instead of focusing on substantive public issues and presenting constructive policy alternatives, the opposition has often resorted to confrontation and disruption. As a result, important legislative business has been delayed and several matters of national importance have suffered. Such continued obstruction weakens public confidence in Parliament and its democratic functioning. 

It also reflects a regrettable disregard for the expectations of citizens who look to Parliament to debate issues and find solutions to the country's most pressing challenges.

K A Solaman

Goon Hunting and channel celebration

#Goon Hunting and Channel Celebration.

Congratulations to the Home Minister and the police for the action taken to take into custody the notorious criminal Arjun Ayanki, who has continuously defied the police and the Home Department. However, the fact that a person accused in 23 criminal cases has been able to roam the society without any hindrance for so long exposes the serious loopholes and breakdown in our law and order system. 

Such dramatic incidents could have been avoided if proper punishment had been ensured in one or two cases earlier. Only through strict implementation of the rule of law can criminals be stopped. Therefore, the decision of the Home Department to equally crack down on all types of criminals who spread violence and fear in the society, regardless of gender, is welcome and should be implemented without compromise.

 ​Also, the stance of Malayalam news channels, which portray even the arrest of a criminal as a big news story like the dropping of an atomic bomb and turn it into an hour-long celebration, is extremely deplorable. Such excessive importance and celebrations only serve to give unnecessary media attention and fame to criminals. 

There is no basis in the argument that the police are stopping the drug hunt to catch goons; because the presence of such people in gold smuggling and drug trade is clear. By arresting goons, the roots of drug and gold smuggling networks can also be uprooted at the same time. Therefore, beyond mere channel dramas, the country needs strong ongoing investigations aimed at this double goal

- K. A. Solaman.

DBT is better

#DBT is better

The decision to transition social security pension payments to Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) through Aadhaar-linked commercial bank accounts is a necessary step toward transparency, efficiency, and modern governance. 

By ensuring that payments flow directly into verified bank accounts, this policy eliminates intermediary friction, guarantees timely disbursements, and prevents financial leakages such as duplicate payments or unverified records Retaining doorstep delivery specifically for bedridden beneficiaries strikes the right balance between fiscal efficiency and compassionate social welfare.  

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The previous administration's practice of sending physical messengers from local cooperative banks to hand-deliver cash was financially wasteful and prone to administrative misuse. The cooperative bank payment system suffered from severe demerits, including delayed remittances of undistributed funds, poor record-keeping, lack of proper account reconciliation, and systemic risks of paying duplicate pensions due to incomplete Aadhaar integration. 

Using commission-earning agents to deliver physical cash when nearly all other government welfare schemes operate seamlessly through direct electronic banking was an unnecessary drain on public funds. Ending this middleman-driven system closes administrative loopholes and ensures taxpayer money is managed responsibly.  

-K A Solaman

Investigation is needed

#Investigation is needed

Before the dust had settled from Jantar Mantar, the cockroach leaders were bursting cold drink bottles under the crystal chandeliers. In a "hard fight for the bottom", the cockroach trio of leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were already at the forefront of filling the interior of the five-star hotel with liquor vapors.

The Cockroach Janata Party revolutionaries, who were not overjoyed when Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned, celebrated with a booze party at a luxury hotel in New Delhi as a logical event for social justice. While the ordinary protesters who had come to see the cockroach trio were not getting any money for the bus ride back home, the CJP high command was busy teaching them to "protest by dancing" and "organize by drinking cold coffee".  They respected the open bar and room service, seeing them as police barricades. 

When the team's entry from the street leaders' violation of the law to the five-star hotel room was captured in viral videos, an unwritten question appeared before the public: Who bore the cost of a luxury hotel for a thug movement led by "lazy and unemployed"? How many lakhs of rupees were spent there? Is there any account of this left in the hands of the cockroaches?

The government should investigate this and take necessary action

-K A Solaman

Flippant remark by Brittas

Flippant remark by Brittas
Parliamentary debate relies heavily on mutual respect and decorum to maintain the dignity of the house. The interjection by CPM MP John Brittas while AIADMK MP M. Thambidurai was speaking in the Rajya Sabha was an unnecessary and disrespectful distraction.

Mocking or questioning the emotional and political reverence with which a senior leader refers to the late J. Jayalalithaa as 'Amma' shows a clear lack of political courtesy. M. Thambidurai is a distinguished public servant who has served as a Union Minister, a long-standing Member of Parliament, and the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Interrupting such an experienced statesman with a flippant remark fails to observe basic parliamentary norms.

​Political differences and sharp debates are an integral part of democracy, but they should never translate into petty attempts to derail a speech. Disrupting a colleague’s address on a crucial topic like NEET with mock questions reflects poorly on the etiquette expected of an elected representative.

The CPM leadership should remind MP John Brittas about the importance of good manners, basic courtesy, and self-restraint in upper-house deliberations. A parliamentarian's focus ought to remain on constructive policy discussions rather than resorting to cheap interjections that diminish the gravity of the floor.
-K A Solaman