DBT is better

#DBT is better

The decision to transition social security pension payments to Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) through Aadhaar-linked commercial bank accounts is a necessary step toward transparency, efficiency, and modern governance. 

By ensuring that payments flow directly into verified bank accounts, this policy eliminates intermediary friction, guarantees timely disbursements, and prevents financial leakages such as duplicate payments or unverified records Retaining doorstep delivery specifically for bedridden beneficiaries strikes the right balance between fiscal efficiency and compassionate social welfare.  

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The previous administration's practice of sending physical messengers from local cooperative banks to hand-deliver cash was financially wasteful and prone to administrative misuse. The cooperative bank payment system suffered from severe demerits, including delayed remittances of undistributed funds, poor record-keeping, lack of proper account reconciliation, and systemic risks of paying duplicate pensions due to incomplete Aadhaar integration. 

Using commission-earning agents to deliver physical cash when nearly all other government welfare schemes operate seamlessly through direct electronic banking was an unnecessary drain on public funds. Ending this middleman-driven system closes administrative loopholes and ensures taxpayer money is managed responsibly.  

-K A Solaman

Investigation is needed

#Investigation is needed

Before the dust had settled from Jantar Mantar, the cockroach leaders were bursting cold drink bottles under the crystal chandeliers. In a "hard fight for the bottom", the cockroach trio of leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were already at the forefront of filling the interior of the five-star hotel with liquor vapors.

The Cockroach Janata Party revolutionaries, who were not overjoyed when Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned, celebrated with a booze party at a luxury hotel in New Delhi as a logical event for social justice. While the ordinary protesters who had come to see the cockroach trio were not getting any money for the bus ride back home, the CJP high command was busy teaching them to "protest by dancing" and "organize by drinking cold coffee".  They respected the open bar and room service, seeing them as police barricades. 

When the team's entry from the street leaders' violation of the law to the five-star hotel room was captured in viral videos, an unwritten question appeared before the public: Who bore the cost of a luxury hotel for a thug movement led by "lazy and unemployed"? How many lakhs of rupees were spent there? Is there any account of this left in the hands of the cockroaches?

The government should investigate this and take necessary action

-K A Solaman

Flippant remark by Brittas

Flippant remark by Brittas
Parliamentary debate relies heavily on mutual respect and decorum to maintain the dignity of the house. The interjection by CPM MP John Brittas while AIADMK MP M. Thambidurai was speaking in the Rajya Sabha was an unnecessary and disrespectful distraction.

Mocking or questioning the emotional and political reverence with which a senior leader refers to the late J. Jayalalithaa as 'Amma' shows a clear lack of political courtesy. M. Thambidurai is a distinguished public servant who has served as a Union Minister, a long-standing Member of Parliament, and the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Interrupting such an experienced statesman with a flippant remark fails to observe basic parliamentary norms.

​Political differences and sharp debates are an integral part of democracy, but they should never translate into petty attempts to derail a speech. Disrupting a colleague’s address on a crucial topic like NEET with mock questions reflects poorly on the etiquette expected of an elected representative.

The CPM leadership should remind MP John Brittas about the importance of good manners, basic courtesy, and self-restraint in upper-house deliberations. A parliamentarian's focus ought to remain on constructive policy discussions rather than resorting to cheap interjections that diminish the gravity of the floor.
-K A Solaman

Betrayal by PSC

#Betrayal by PSC

Allegations of manipulation and selective evaluation in the recruitment process of the Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC) strike at the very foundation of public trust.

When officials manipulate evaluation procedures, such as leaving answer sheets partially unevaluated to favor specific individuals it shatters the hopes of honest candidates and undermines the credibility of state institutions. Corruption in recruitment is not just administrative wrongdoing; it is a direct betrayal of educated job seekers who deserve a fair and transparent selection process.

​To prevent such misconduct and restore integrity to the recruitment process, systemic reforms must be enforced immediately. First, all evaluation systems, including digital tabulations, must undergo strict, independent third-party audits alongside mandatory publishing of detailed marks and evaluated scripts under RTI without unwarranted delays. Second, stringent legal and administrative measures must be established, including time-bound criminal inquiries, immediate suspension of implicated staff pending investigation, and permanent blacklisting of anyone found guilty.

 Finally, introducing end-to-end anonymization, automated multi-tier cross-verification for descriptive evaluations, and stringent oversight by an independent tribunal will ensure that merit alone dictates public service appointments.

-K A Solaman

So humble!

#So_humble!

Finally, he said, "Don't make me a hero!" Yes, that great leader who carried world peace and universal truths on his shoulders is so humble! 

Is it for nothing that a few so-called intellectuals from the south and a few hatters from the north rushed to support Abhijit Deepke, the true leader of the 'Cockroach Party'? It is not because this global phenomenon has no other work to do, but because of the heat of the Patta revolution that is going to solve all the injustices in the world overnight! 

In any case, since we have come out to save the poor working class, our Cockroach leader should kindly make up his mind to put a stop to the examination irregularities and mark cheating that are so common in Kerala. and Punjab. This cockrach revolutionary, who is capable of digging into all the wrongdoings in the system and eliminating them, needs at most two minutes to fix such a small thing! 

 The ranks are waiting, for global change.

-  K A Solaman

Concerning precedent

#Concerning #precedent

The government’s decision to yield under street pressure sets a concerning precedent that risks rewarding disruptive tactics over institutional due process. And that is especially after taking prompt corrective steps, ordering a CBI probe, and conducting a clean re-examination

By allowing political groups to weaponize public sentiment and force ministerial exits, the administration inadvertently signals that policy and governance can be hijacked by organized agitations. Rather than retreating to appease vocal factions, the state must assert its authority through unwavering governance, strictly investigate the financial and political backers driving these agitations. 

Also ensure that institutional integrity is maintained through rigorous legal mechanisms rather than concessions to organized pressure funded by divisive forces

-K A Solaman

Deal with iron hand

#Deal with iron hand

The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) demonstration at Jantar Mantar has strayed far beyond its initial objective regarding examination transparency. While the Ministry of Education has taken steps to address the paper leak controversies including conducting retests and facilitating the ongoing admission process for students' the group’s continued escalation suggests a broader political agenda rather than a genuine concern for student welfare.

Aggressive demands such as the immediate resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan appear targeted less at resolving structural educational issues and more at projecting image vulnerability onto the central government. 5uch disruptive posturing would set a dangerous precedent, rewarding agitational politics even when official machinery is actively resolving administrative grievances.  

​Furthermore,  the movement poses a threat to public order and national stability, advocating for a firm law enforcement against destabilizing tactics. Fringe elements and external interest groups are exploiting student anxieties to advance radical agendas. It draws parallels to divisive rhetoric such as demands surrounding the status of Jammu and Kashmir. The overt alignment between political entities like the Congress party and the CJP can be viewed  as clear evidence that traditional political forces are leveraging this agitation to foment unrest. 

In fact, the protest is no longer a constructive student movement but an orchestrated campaign that must be dealt with strictly to safeguard governance and national harmony.  

K A Solaman

Mammootty should study matters

#Mammootty #should study matters

When irregularities like exam question paper leaks occur in the field of education, it is the constitutionally and legally correct step to cancel the exam and conduct a flawless re-examination to ensure admission to the deserving ones. That has been done here. 

Film stars and political leaders who issue statements against this without any logic are spreading unnecessary fear among the public without understanding the real facts behind such incidents. 

The argument that students' future is lost by canceling one exam and conducting another fair exam is completely untrue. Instead of trusting the country's systems and administrative systems, it is unacceptable for film celebrities like Mammootty to question the internal stability of the country and the credibility of the examination agencies through irresponsible comments. 

It is impractical political parties and movements that are unable to put forward a clear vision or solutions even to the basic problems of the people, are trying to gain political mileage by creating unnecessary protests at venues like Jantar Mantar.  It is a great injustice to society that some in the film industry are uncritically supporting such protests that serve the agendas of vested interests and external forces.

Such political parties and their supporters, who have no faith in the national interest or the legal system, are only using the concerns of students as a weapon for their failed political survival. 

- K. A. Solaman

#Shadow #War

Thomas Isaac and G. Sudhakaran are Mallayas who rowed in the same boat in the backwaters of Alappuzha but kept their eyes on only two shores. While one measured the whole world with his theories and corrected America, the other wanted to stand on the soil of Alappuzha.

The self-reliance shown by Sudhakaran, who, despite being offered a big chair in Delhi, kept to himself and said, "My Ambalappuzha is enough for me," is unattainable even in Isaac's dreams today. While Isaac is an orphan in the election fray today, Sudhakaran's strong moves in Ambalappuzha as an independent with Congress support are a new textbook for political Kerala.

​Time has shown that Sudhakaran's precaution of coming to the stage only after asking three times whether Isaac had left was not in vain when the former genius U. Pratibha was the district panchayat president.  Isaac's tactic of "asking questions and learning" and leaving the place after receiving applause was seen when those poor children used it on Sudhakaran. 

The enthusiasm that Sudhakaran showed to keep the children, who were thrilled by Isaac's words, silent, accurately depicts the stark difference between Isaac, a mere advisor, and G, a pragmatist. When Isaac played a drama with a hug in the case of Omanakuttan of Cherthala, who collected  money from those gathered at a relief camp during the floods in 2018, Sudhakaran had appeared as the true leader of the people, who set out the facts and corrected Omanakuttan

That old refrain of Isaac, who insults film actors  by calling them 'comics', has now fallen on his own head like a thunderbolt. If you see the same people who brought Innocent and Mukesh into politics coming out to mock Ramesh Pisharody, there will be no one who does not put a finger to their nose. 

 When we see Isaac, who asked  to enjoy the breeze and coolness of Munnar to the fullest, being trashed on social media today, it is clear that people are not as quick to forget events as politicians think. In any case, Isaac will not dare to pass a comment against Sudhakaran like Vijayaraghavan, and just as Sudhakaran knows who will rule and who will fall in the land of Alappuzha, Isaac, who went to repair Konni, Ranni and the entire Pathanamthitta in the meantime, does not know this.

- K. A. Solaman