Veliyam's flip

It was K R Gouri Amma who once said the CPI State secretary of Kerala Mr Veliyam Bhargavan sans sense. And it has been virtually proved with latter’s latest comment on SEZ in Kerala. Veliyam Bhargavan somersaulted that SEZs were good for the State, after stating that Kerala would witness riots if efforts were made to set up SEZs.
The inconsistency in the words of Veliyam is not first of its kind. Sometimes people of Kerala think Veliyam and Coterie are good for the State and at the next moment they are compelled to think in the reverse.

A similar stance one could see in the Munnar demolition episode. When Achuthanadan’s brave cats demolished the buildings of land encroachers Veliyam and his group welcomed it. Nevertheless when the cats turned to Tata, Veliyam went red face. Tata was the highest donor for the ‘Janayugom’ re-release! And now the only hope in Veliyam’s party is Kaanam Rajendran who adopted a stand that SEZs were unacceptable. One could not say when Kaanam would start to think in tune with Veliyam.

Interestingly the CPI’s inconsistency in word and deed has been pooh-poohed by CPI(M)'s Industries Minister Elamaram Kareem. He said, "Veliyam’s speech does not have anything to do with the Government's decision on the matter." Does it mean that political speech is a non-sense talk? Hasn’t the CPI anything to do with the Government? All right thinking people should see that the present advocates of SEZ in Kerala are not going to bring any development or employment to the State. Their main motto is to sell land owned by either Government or private parties and thereby to earn a good buck.
It is time in Kerala to intensify struggle against the SEZs.


K A Solaman