Antony’s joke

Union Defence Minister A K Antony is presumably a cautious man and corruption less, even Kejriwal would admit. But there are two things which adversely affects Antony’s image. One is, he works with all corrupt ministers in the Union Cabinet. Secondly he jokes saying injudicious matters while in Kerala.  

For instance, just see his comment that there need not be any doubt for anyone that the UDF is going to improve its tally in the Lok Sabha polls in the state by at least one seat over and above the 16 scored in the last polls. In fact the solar eclipsed UDF is unlikely to get more than four seats in the next election.

If Antony has no doubt of UDF securing seventeen seats in the next election it means Antony lives in the fool’s paradise. The recent revamp in the party by placing Sudheeran in the KPCC chair would find only a scapegoat to bear the brunt of Congress debacle in the next election. And it is unreasonable to say that Marxist avant-garde Achuthanandan would save Antony’s party.

K A Solaman
The New Indian Express published on 25-2-2014