Shameful acts.

What is now happening at  University College, Thiruvananthapuram is a shame to the state. There is seemingly police inaction into the incident at University College.

How can a ganja smuggling criminal namely, Ettappan Mahesh, who was named accused in all violences in the college,  still remain in the college hostel?

Allegations that the University College hostel is under the hold of mafia gang and there is illicit trade of drugട and ganja are shamefulto the College authority, the Collegiate Education Department and the Government.

K A Solaman

The 21st century joke.

It is a money making business for all Kerala ministers to open more bars and pubs.The Kerala government's earlier decision to relax the minimum distance limit of bars from schools and places of worship, to revive tourism sector, was a sheer non-sense. Couldn't we survive without tourism, is a significant question.

It is a crafty  plan to shift gods' own country to boozers' on country. All efforts made by anti-liquor agitators were thrown ashtray by the  LDF government. They have backtracked from the decisions they took before the election. Only the women community in the state could prevent the present decision of the government because they are worst sufferers from drunken relatives. It is the youngsters of poor families who are spoiled by the abundent sale of liquor. The LDF government has least concern about the poor lot.

Now, the abkari minister revealing that a decision has been taken for opening of pubs in the state, is yet another wrong step taken by the government.. As State Excise Minister T.P. Ramakrishnan is a close aide of Chief Minister, his involvement in the present dubious deal cannot be ruled out.  Minister Ramakrishnan's revelation that our economy is dependent heavily on tourism and hence more bars and pubs are needed, is a farce.

By opening more liquor outlets in the state the LDF ministers assurance that their policy would be, not prohibition but abstinence from liquor, is the 21st century joke.

K A Solaman

Wise decision

Kerala Devaswom minister Kadakampally Surendran's saying that no protection would be provided for women who want to trek Sabarimala, is welcome.

Women should not be taken to Sabarimala under police protection. If they want to go there, they should bring court order in this regard, according to the minister. No court  order for women entry will be obtained as the indication of the SC order is in this direction. For once an execution sentence is referred for detailed enquiry it is the practice not to carry out the execution.

Presumably the verdict has been invalidated after the Supreme Court referred the review petitions to a larger bench.

The media should restrain airing  statements of activists damaging the peaceful atmosphere of Sabarimala.

K A Solaman