Lottery mafia

No doubt the State of Kerala is under the clutches of lottery mafia. What one never misses in Kerala are seemingly liquor, condom and lottery. They are available in plenty when prices of essential commodities are sky rocketed in the State and many of them are in short supply even at a high price. The excessive purchase of liquor and lottery tickets was resulted from lack of education of common man.

Kerala Finance Minister TM Thomas Isaac and his opponents in the State Assembly are playing ‘police and thief’ regarding lottery selling. For Isaac, UPA Government in the Centre is helping the lottery mafia while leaders from the UDF Oommen Chandy and V D Satheesan accuse Isaac for his inability to control lottery mafia. I don’t think that both Isaac and Ommen Chandy do anything solid to rescue common man from the clutches of lottery mafia other than making sound and fury in the State Assembly. I congratulate Speaker Radhakrishnan for is yeoman’s service to lead the Assembly in an admirable manner. Without him or one or two like minded the whole Assembly would turn into a conglomeration of dishonest persons having no concern about common people. Why can’t the State Government check and control all illegal lotteries which are sold under the mask of other Sate lotteries?

Santiago Martin and John Kennedy are persons to be extradited to America, the place that suits their name.

K A Solaman