Politically motived case?

The arrest of an MLA for sexual assualt case, is first of its  kind in Kerala. However, the case smacks of conspiracy as woman's sister came in favour of Vincent MLA. Of late, sexual abuse complaints are rampant in the state and very often the woman who enjoyed the company of the man for long time, turns hostile for a reason and then registers a police complaint. As our law favours woman the end loser is man. Presumably in Vincent's case also this might had happened.

Taken advantage of the situation all ruling front MLAs came against Vincent and Opposition MLAs opted to keep mum. If Vincent's case is not amicably solved more cases would surface and more MLAs would be indicted. Politically
motivated sexual abuse cases could be targeted not only to opposition MLAs but also to ruling legislators.

K A Solaman

Fever pitch

According to reports, the fever death toll in Kerala has now crossed 200. Most of these deaths are H1N1- and dengue-related. The lack of cleanliness and sanitation is often a fundamental cause of such illnesses. The Kerala health department has not yet come up with a unique way to tackle the situation. Every day, press releases are issued cautioning doctors and health officers, but there seems to be no improvement. The streets in various parts of the state are lined with the waste discarded by fish vendors and hoteliers. All this filth, mixed with stagnant water, leads to the breeding of mosquitoes, which spread deadly diseases.

The panchayat and municipal authorities do not seem to be bothered about mobilizing field staff to keep the streets clean. Instead, they wish to instal CCTVs to identify and fine polluters. Clearly the installation of CCTVs is a more profitable business for the authorities than cleaning up the streets. No proper mosquito eradication method has been adopted so far. The State should ensure that the people are equipped to deal with fever. They should be given basic medicines and made aware of ways to keep mosquitoes at bay.
K A Solaman
The Telegraph, Calculta
July 4, 2017

Who is the suppressed?

The opposition nominee for the President's post, Meira Kumar saying that she and her party must fight for the most suppressed, is interesting. What does she mean by 'suppressed' ? If she fingers at the plight of the community she belongs, does it mean that her rival candidate Kovind of the ruling front, belong to upper class? She and her father Jagjivan Ram were in the helm of affairs of the country for many years, still fate of the oppressed remains the same.

Meira Kumar saying that here is no tolerance and there is so much fear,  is not pooh- poohed by sensible people because they are tolerant to a person destined for defeat. More interesting
is, arch-rivals of Congress party in Kerala, the CPM and its Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan supporting Meira Kumar.

K A Solaman