New ways of public service

New ways of public service

KB Ganeshkumar, aka Ganeshan Minister, has become one of the rare phenomena in Kerala politics. He speaks and acts as if he has discovered a new standard of public service.

His ability to turn even the most secretive affairs of the Kottarakkara Keezhutt house into a public entertainment program is immense. He has found new meanings for the word public service. While he single-handedly completes the love affairs of 5000 women, as a minister, it does not matter to him even if the KSRTC buses in his department run without steering

Even while all this is going on, he knows how to keep his chair in the cabinet as it is. He brought down Oommen Chandy using a letter that he claims was written by a woman who had a fling at the Attakulangara prison resort. He also made Pinarayi sit in the chair.  Pinarayi cannot forget it,

That is why the government is silently enduring the uproar created by the Keezhut drama and protecting the minister.

The government is in a state of complacency, pretending that everything is fine while the state witnesses controversies and strange statements.

It is surprising how the people of Pathanapuram can remain silent while watching the long-running scandals of the Ganesan minister. The people should at least decide whether or not to continue such womanizers' dramas in politics.

A womanizer saying that he loves women is like a murderer saying that he loves his murders.

-K. A. Solaman

If Kerala is to be saved...?

#If Kerala is to be saved ....?

A strong move by the BJP is essential to put an end to the Left government that has trapped Kerala in debt and the Congress politics that is supporting it. 

The government that has pushed the state into a huge debt of Rs 6.5 lakh crore and the Congress that is feasting at the national level as part of the 'Indi' alliance despite expressing opposition are two sides of the same coin.

The statements made by leaders like K. Muraleedharan to stop the growth of the BJP are mere political bankruptcy. The core of the change we are seeing today is not the importing of people from other parties, but the common people of Kerala, who are fed up with the current misrule, embracing the BJP based on their own convictions.

People have realized that the BJP should come to power to save Kerala by eliminating the Left-Congress fronts that are mired in corruption and nepotism.  Not only will the illusion of pushing the BJP to third place not materialize, but the people themselves will sweep away the old political styles that have brought about developmental stagnation and economic collapse. 

No alliances that divide the people with the aim of vote bank can stop the BJP's popular advance. Kerala now wants a new political order led by the BJP to ensure development from the people and transparent governance.

-K. A. Solaman

Kerals Administration in final lap

#Kerala #administration in final lap

New evidence has emerged that the current administration in Kerala is moving towards its final phase. The Central Administrative Tribunal's intervention in the transfers of IAS officers in the state and demanding strict adherence to cadre rules seems to have given a brief break to the administration's "creative appointment style".

The freedom of the government to appoint anyone anywhere, without even having to be literate, has been curtailed. It is said that a sign has to be put up at the door of some offices stating that only IAS can enter. The fact that some posts, including the post of Excise Commissioner, can now be filled only by looking at the cadre list has become a new administrative experience for the administration.

There are other signs that the political atmosphere is also slowly changing.  Instead of the harsh words that were blaring through the microphone earlier, ministers have now started speaking in a more gentle language. The police's servile tone has changed a bit, which is a great relief. The occasional load shedding and the party cadres coming down to clean the Attukal temple premises that were swept clean are being interpreted as a trailer before the change of government. 

It is very interesting to see prominent Marxist leaders from each district walking out of the party and even the leaders' cadres breaking into their houses to persuade them to "return". Political observers suspect that all this is a preparation for the formation of a new government in Kerala.

-K. A. Solaman

Family, party, platform

#Family, Party, Platform

Health Minister Veena George's husband George Joseph has written a letter to the CPM leadership requesting that she not contest the assembly elections. With this, Kerala politics has got a new family ethics. The husband will ask his wife not to contest, and the wife will ask her husband not to contest.

This marriage diplomacy, which officially informs the party what can be said directly to his wife, was also discussed in the Pathanamthitta district secretariat. Thomas Isaac, who is still frustrated by not getting a party seat, also submitted a report to the state leadership regarding Veena George's letter. It is doubtful whether there is a party strategy behind this to let Isaac contest from the Aranmula seat. The common story is that you do not know a thing about this party.

When party secretary M V Govindan was fielding his wife P K Shyamala as a candidate in Taliparamba, another husband in Pathanamthitta was asking him not to field his wife. Seeing this strange request, it seems that if his wife contests, she will immediately win.  Such a tone of opposition indicates that not only politics is number one in Kerala, but also the family is in struggle.

Hearing all this, one thing is clear: the main issue is not the fear of Veena George winning if she contests, but the husband's concern about who will be responsible if she loses. The real motivation for this letter is the conviction that the people know about her performance as Health Minister. 

In the meantime, if Veena George's dramatic performance at Kannur Railway Station in front of the media is added, this political serial will now turn into a grand drama with three parts: 'Family, Party, Platform'. The gist of the minister's letter may be that politics is a cesspool and those who enter it will get dirty.

-K. A. Solaman

Laughter epidemic

#Laughter #epidemic

Science has proven that laughter is the greatest medicine available to man. It seems that it is time for this natural medicine, which reduces cortisol and increases endorphins, to become a government policy. Because now Kerala is experiencing a laughter epidemic. From a smile to a burst of laughter, all variants are being tested together on the face of the Chief Minister. 

If we had laughed a little in the last five years, we would not have needed to distribute laughter continuously at inauguration venues like the debt relief campaign today. If we see the inauguration advertisements in the newspapers, they are like half-cooked biryani. When we see them, we feel like eating them, but we do not know what will happen to our stomachs if we eat them.

Meanwhile, in the episode prepared with Mohanlal, the Chief Minister laughs and laugh. Those who watched the episode speculated that the Chief Minister, who watches Rajinikanth's beatings with laughter, could not stop laughing after watching the beheading scene in the movie Jailer.

If science says that laughter increases immunity, then political science says that laughter tests the patience of voters.

The opposition leaders who saw all this had a simple doubt: if they laughed so much before the election, what will they do after the election? The people are in a deep crisis, not knowing whether to laugh or cry after seeing all this.

Here, on the one hand, there is laughter that produces endorphins. On the other hand, laughter that increases cortisol when remembering the regime. Finally, the new message that Kerala will give to the world will be this: Laughter is good for health, but excessive laughter can have political side effects.

There is nothing more frustrating than planned laughter

-K. A. Solaman

Mannam Samadhi should be made a public monument

#Mannam #Samadhi should be made a public monument.

The negative stance taken by NSS General Secretary Sukumaran Nair questions the constitutional respect of the country and the democratic nature of public places. Denying even the Vice President of India entry to Mannam Samadhi is nothing but a manifestation of personal political animosity. 

The memorial of a great person named Mannam is not a private fortress of any organization; it is a public monument of the social history of Kerala. This approach of insulting even those with constitutional positions by insisting on keeping BJP leaders away is making the organization undemocratic. This is not permissible, it is an insult to the important positions of the nation.

The Central Government can take legal and administrative action against such actions. Mannam Samadhi should be declared a public monument and brought under the control of the Center or the State. Facilities should be provided for the public to freely enter and pay floral tributes there. Security and cleanliness should be ensured. 

 It is a dangerous trend to allow even those in public office to be banned based on the decision of a private organization. Therefore, this stance of the NSS General Secretary should be strongly condemned and the government should take the responsibility of converting Mannam Samadhi into a public monument open to all.

-K. A. Solaman

Musclespasan is a national tragedy

#Muscle #spasm is a national tragedy

If  one listens to the treatment story of Health Minister Veena George, he will feel that it is not the muscle in her neck that has been strained, but the government's PR muscle. The LDF government is playing an absurd drama with MRI and MR angiogram, medical board, and board on top of board for pain that can be relieved with a painkiller. Party Secretary M.V. Govindan's storytelling will make any hard-hearted person cry. If one sees all this, he will feel that the health department is not functioning as hospitals, but as drama sets. 

The footage, including that of the railway CCTV, says that there was no violence. But what the government reports talk about is the national tragedy of muscle spasm. When doctors' ethics and medical equipment are combined to create a drama, what is lost is the public's trust.

 Meanwhile, if you listen to the government's explanation that it has remanded the KSU members and ensured law and order, you will think that peace is enough within the walls of the prison, not outside. Protesting against the government's mismanagement is natural; but turning it into an attack drama and writing the script of the government is a tragic comedy. When people see the health department being turned into a circus camp by dancing to the tune of the male ministers in the cabinet, they think about the lack of intelligence of the department minister.

What people are seeing now in the health department is not treatment, but stories like making chapatis in the prison department and making profit. What I want to say to the allies of the Indi alliance, who are fighting each other and destroying party offices, is that they should not create martyrs. Lack of practical intelligence is the reason for the Veena minister's abandoned play that she can use her old acting skills and channel connections to support the sinking ship and its Karanbhooth captain.

-K. A. Solaman

Noise pollution a social responsibility

#Noise #pollution & #social #responsibility

It is not only a legal obligation but also a social responsibility to implement the government directives banning microphones and loudspeakers after 10 pm. However, it is extremely unpopular for some artists and event organizers to question this and adopt an approach such as the whole night program should be held and the locals should not sleep. 

Festivals and celebrations are meant to bring joy to the community and should not be noise torture that tortures the sick, the elderly and children. If the program starts at 7 pm, it can be concluded at 10 pm with dignity. Not being ready for that is not freedom of art, but violation of the law and social arrogance. There are situations where even ceremonies in places of worship can be held after 10 pm without microphones. Even then, there are groups who rob people of their sleep by organizing Chenda Mela and Vadya celebrations. Such noise chaos cannot be justified in any way.

No community has the right to water down the law against noise pollution.  Be it Onam celebrations, festivals, political or cultural events, keeping the mic off after 10 pm is not a matter of discussion, it is a necessity. The police should come forward to strictly enforce this law. Exemplary action should be taken against those who violate the law. Only when the noise level is reduced can the public get peace, the patients get relief, and the children get healthy sleep. 

When there are so many ways to celebrate without a mic, why do some people make high decibel noise and rob the peace of ordinary people? This is not culture, it is cruelty, and society should react strongly against this. 

- K. A. Solaman