Protest against the perils of demonetisation on the cooperative sector is admissible, however government sponsored hartal in Kerala is incomprehensible. No other state like Kerala is in India where a government calls hartal to put its people in trouble.. No buses operated, no factories opened,
all passengers stranded at various bus stands, all shops and establishment closed, all fish and vegetable merchants with no work, all schools and colleges not working, all daily wage workers with no money, the hartal brought immense difficulty to common man while political bosses remained happy in their glass houses with snacks and drinks. Common man's plight is not a concern for ruling and the opposition leaders.
One interesting matter is; exemption of tourism sector from hartal keeping in mind of the peak tourist season. Is tourism a matter of top priority when even cancer patients are denied transportation to hospitals? The central government's thoughtless act of paralysing cooperative sector was certainly a misery, nevertheless it was augmented with the hartal call by state government.
K A Solaman
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