No permanent rivalry in politics

There is no permanent rivalry in politics. The opposition is based only on issues and that would change in course of time. If anyone has doubt see the TV footage of Shanimol Usman sitting adjacent to KPCC President V M Sudheeran in a public meeting at Alappuzha held in connection with his jana raksha yathra. The organisers of the yathra are seemingly deliberate in keeping Usman in the strong fold of the President.

Those with poor memories are invited to V.M Sudheeran’s statement on May 4, 2014 about Shanimol Usman’s strong reaction through a letter to him. According to Sudheeran its timing was part of a conspiracy to divert public attention, authored by certain sections in the party opposed to his strong stand on the liquor policy. Rubbishing the contents of the letter as "baseless and exaggerated", Sudheeran said Shanimol appeared to be acting as a "pawn" in the hands of those annoyed by his firm position on the issue of renewal of licences to over 400 liquor bars in the state. He said the whole thing smacked of a conspiracy against him and announced a three-member party committee to probe the entire aspects of the development.

The three-member panel, with KPCC vice-president M.M. Hassan as convener consisted of Lally Vincent, KPCC vice-president, and P.M. Suresh Babu, KPCC general secretary, as members. It is unknown to the public that whether the panel enquired the matter or not and what action had been taken against Usman.
Usman’s demand of an inquiry by a party commission into the alleged nexus between K C Venugopal and solar case accused Saritha Nair also not met. Any way everything is now in order and both Usman and the President are seen happy in the meeting.

K A Solaman