Insult to womanhood

The Malayalam News Channels are eagerly waiting for nasty subjects for their 9’o clock discussion to woo sex lynched viewers. Former Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee secretary and now a ferocious CPM comrade Cherian Philip’s comment that "several women have disrobed themselves in secret and won seats in the Congress in the past" is one in this direction. Cherian Philip, since from his relinquishment from Congress party, keeps the habit of insulting A K Antony, his mentor, but Antony never criticised this fellow. Cherian, therefore, deserved an all-round condemnation and that is accomplished by his latest comment.

In fact Cherian Philip’s comment is an insult to womanhood which could not become defunct with an outright apology. Somebody makes a statement from personal knowledge and everybody is prepared to forgive him if he merely withdraws that statement, seems funny. And more funny is Pinarayi correcting VS for latter’s condemnation of Cherian’s statement. In Cherian Philip’s view, if everything is rotten in Congress, the situation is not different in his present party.

K A Solaman