Karunya robbery

Though temple worshippers hereinafter will not have any contribution to Karunya benevolence fund as the court has banned selling lottery tickets within the walls of the temples, the fund was of great help to the poor patients admitted in several hospitals across the State. Nevertheless, this much appraised  health scheme has now became more like a drop out, hospitals which came under the scheme are now facing a large financial crisis. The Government failed to give the amount to hospitals and the due money range from Rs10 Lakhs to two Crores.The scheme is now temporarily stopped.

As an alternative it is learnt that the  management of this fund has been transferred to Tata Consultancy Service by the government. Though there is no doubt about the efficacy of TCS it is highly objectionable to transfer a huge chunk of public begged money as the service charge of Tata company. The need of too many staff under lottery department also comes index question then.

-K A Solaman

Growing intolerance

PM Narendra Modi  opening doors to Opposition Congress  for a talk on growing intolerance in the country is a welcome gesture. What is to be checked first is the stopping of unwarranted outbursts  by low profile leaders of BJP like Niranjan Joshi and others. A timely intervention by the PM might have lessened the tension but  with his busy schedule abroad he finds little time for it.

Film actors Sharukh Khan or Amir Khan had not experienced any sort of intolerance in the country as their  cinemas are well accepted by people of all religions. Every Indian citizen have the right to live in India peacefully and any  VHP/BJP leader asking someone to go to Pakistan is an act of intolerance. This must be checked immediately.

K A Solaman

Hate practice by saffron Sadhvi

Cow mad leaders of BJP have not stopped spitting venom. “There are a lot of things to eat in this country apart from cow and it is the duty of the state governments to ban cow slaughter" said Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti. Undoubtedly the saffron cladded ministers have become a big liability to the Modi government and unless their words are not checked by the Prime Minister, intolerance in the country would grow beyond any proportion.  There is no country other than India in the world where cow stands higher than man and this perversion augmented since the inception of Modi government.

It is good if we all stand for the fair treatment of animals but this is something that relates to religion. Or they would have banned meat products other than beef too. Hindus of some parts of country worship cow and hence oppose cow slaughter. And if this logic is applied to rat they should ban rat poison also. There are many who worship rat, the vehicle of Lord Ganesh and hence anyone in possession of rat poison should be jailed.

It is to be remembered India is a multiracial country and its people have different needs. Hence it is imprudent to follow the orders so called go-matha worshipers. By banning beef and beef products, those poor millions suffering from malnutrition are denied inexpensive food supplements. Worship of cow is in fact a hate practice towards beef-eaters.

K A Solaman

Artistic freedom

Artistic freedom for government staff and aided school teachers is unwarranted. They being the part of the government often coming against it with their artistic creation such as book, painting or Face book posting is quite obnoxious and should be curtailed. 

It is often seen that even police officers who are supposed to be more disciplined among government staff appear in Facebook criticising the ministers and their superior officers. This is ridiculous as it marks grave indiscipline with in the police force.

Any action by government to check what is called artistic freedom of government staff is not an infringement on the right of the citizen but an action to protect the necessary discipline among such staff.

-K A Solaman

Delayed justice

Justice delayed is justice denied. The slow pace of Indian courts has augmented delayed justice. Ordinary people are fed with courts as it takes a dozen or more years to settle a case. This is not because the dearth of judges alone but due to plethora of cases related to political bribery. When political cases are given importance it would naturally take many years for settling ordinary cases. So, what is needed is: resolve. cases based date of admission and not based on what is called 'importance'

Interestingly K M Mani, who was resigned recently as Kerala Finance and Law minister said that he didn't get the deserved justice. If this is the plight of a State Law minister, imagine the state of ordinary people running pillar to post to get resolved their grievance.

K A Solaman

Paris terror attack

Heinous terror attack in the Paris concert hall killing over 128 people and injuring more than 180 is highly condemnable. As the Pontiff said it is an attack on humanity and a peace meal of World War III.
Paris tragedy requires world powers to join hand immediately to wipe out terrorism of IS. It is the prime responsibility of all rulers to avert further blood baths of terrorism in future.

K A Solaman

Punish the trouble makers

Celebrations over election victory cross all limits. Death of a boy in Malappuram is a pointer in this regard. Exploding high decibel dynamite and thereby damaging the hearing ability of little ones, disturbing the tranquil mindset of elders damaging buildings etc, are crimes to be punished. And for this no specific complaint is needed. The police and other authorities could take suo motto case against these criminals for making nuisance in the thoroughfare.

K A Solaman

The Twenty 20 victory

The Twenty 20 victory at Kizhakkambalam Panchayat in Kerala is a historic one. Though it may be described as a rare phenomenon it is an eye-opener to the three fronts in Kerala. The Twenty 20 self help group has secured a thumbing margin of 17 seats out of19.

A monthly payment to the elected members and the right to call them back if found useless, are good gestures to be followed by various political parties in Kerala. Let Twenty 20 to work as a leading light to correct all corrupt members of various political parties

K A Solaman

Truth remains

It is very interesting to know how voters of Kerala think. For instance look at the failure of the daughter of Kerala's most popular Chief Minister E K  Nayanar and the victory of Karayi duo. Nayanar's daughter Usha lost to her rival in Ravipuram ward of Kochi Corporation while Karayi Rajan and Karayi Chandrasekharan who are accused in the Fasal murder case, came successful in their respective constituencies in Kannur. Karayis are acquitted by the peoples' court and  now it is the turn  of judicial court to to confirm it. However , the brutal killing of Fasal remains as a sad truth.

K A Solaman

Poll debacle

Bar bribery case, communal polarisation, price rise, corruption etc are not  necessarily the  reasons for the debacle of the UDF in the LSG poll in Kerala. It is mainly due to the highway robbery of vehicle owners by the police and the transport authorities.
For quite long imposing high penalty on vehicle owners to cater the need of money was the habit of state government. For this they deployed police force , mobile courts ,  vehicle inspectors and who else for extracting money from ordinary public. Helmet hunt has become notorious and for this several police squads were in action as if there were no other duty for the police.

Of late, every house hold in Kerala owns a two wheeler and every two wheeler owner once or many times has undergone police high handedness. The feedback from  these people might have resulted in the  debacle of UDF.  If the government is again to continue this loot their failure in the coming Assembly poll is not unlikely 

Fair sex, less corruption

Women get less representation in Kerala Assembly and in Parliament. The state of Kerala where 1000 men have 1085 women has shown scant regard to women regarding representation to state assembly. It is unfortunate to see that women have only a small representation in Kerala Assembly. Gender equality is only a slogan suited for non- implementation. Women organizations in the state are also responsible for this pitiable situation. However, this is compensated in Local Self Government bodies.

Unlike men, women representatives would work more for villagers for the well-being of all and not for a particular group of people in the village. They would work honestly and be able to devote time to thework. The sense of responsibility is more in women A woman head in a Panchayat would ensure fair andtimely distribution of pension for widows and old people, and scholarships for students belonging to scheduled castes. In certain cases the work a woman can accomplish, men cannot.

Moreover, female politicians are less likely than their male counterparts to engage in corruption, and more likely to disapprove of it when they see it. A study says that In democratic countries with generally low levels of corruption, women are less likely to be corrupt and less likely to tolerate corruption than male politicos. The effect, however, does not hold up in countries where corruption is endemic and of course in India corruption is not endemic. In less corrupt countries, recruiting more women into public service may indeed decrease overall corruption

K A Solaman