Hassan's revelation

Let bygones be bygones- forget and forgive the past, is a much acclaimed motto. But for KPCC President M M Hassan, it is not that much acceptable. In an abrupt revelation he said Congress leader A K Antony had strongly opposed the party’s move to remove then Chief Minister K Karunakaran from the post over the ISRO spy case. He said Karunakaran should have been given an opportunity to complete his term and he regrets having stood against Karunakaran.

May be, the very reason for Hassan to come against Oommen Chandy, who stood strongly against Karunakaran then, is the present tie-up of Karunakaran's son Muraleedharan with Chandy. A foul play of the sort would save his presidentship in the State Congress, Hassan thinks.

K A Solaman

Parting shot

The Supreme Court's directive to establish courts in all states and Union territories to assess and collect compensation for damage caused to public property during hartals is welcome. Court verdicts on hartals are often overlooked. If rules for the prevention of damage to public property were strictly enforced, victims could directly claim compensation from the culprits.

K.A. Solaman,
Alappuzha, Kerala
The Telegraph, Calcutta
Dec 20, 2017

Corrupt country, corrupt people

Former telecom minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi are now happy. They  were  acquitted by a special court in the 2G spectrum scam case. Not only they, fifteen other accused in the case and three companies were also acquitted.

2G scam came to light almost seven years ago when India's auditing agency Comptroller and Auditor General  in a report held then Telecom Minister A Raja responsible for causing the state exchequer a loss of  Rs. 176000 crore  by allocating 2G spectrum licenses at throwaway prices. But,  the court found that the prosecution failed to prove the charges. Then, who is responsible for this huge loss?  If none is found guilty it  is the fate of India to remain as one of the most corrupt countries in the world where criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery, abusing official position, and criminal misconduct have enough space to flourish.

K A Solaman