Betrayal

People get corrupted under corrupt rulers. The irregularities of the Karuvannur Cooperative Bank are far beyond imagination. Siphoning over Rs 50 cr from 46 bank loans by a single person is amazing

There are over 3,000 cooperative banks statewide, and these banks are run by political parties. If the party leaders are corrupt, the followers also seek the same path. It is therefore very urgent to take a close look at the entire cooperative banking sector in the state, otherwise the people who have deposited their hard earned money in these banks will lose it forever.

Money and corruption ruin the state. Crooked politicians betray the working class by treating them like sheep. This modern sheep receives fodder in the form of occasional food kits.

K A Solaman

About Covid discipline

#Imposing #Covid discipline

A fight between traders and police in Kozhikode over Covid-19 regulations is an indication of poor management of implementing Covid protocols. The current approach of Covid protocols works for the rich and the salaried class while it hurts traders, workers and day laborers.

In states like Andhra, the practice is that it is not the duty of the government but of the people to observe the Covid protocols. Anyone refuses to obey the rules that he alone is subjected to damages and the government has no direct responsibility for this. Strict adherence to  lockdown in Kerala is a reason enough for people to congregate in public places when the lockdown is lifted. And it is a potential cause for the spread of Covid.

People have been dealing with Covid for about two years and most of them know how to tackle it.  So it is high time for the  government to consider whether to continue or not strict discipline in imposing Covid restrictions.

K A Solaman

Gouri_Amma, the Red Star of Kerala

The first revenue minister of Kerala state and one of the founding leaders of the Communist movement in Kerala, is no more. Smt K R Gouri Amma  is dead.She was heading the Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy party.

With her candidature to Kerala Assembly Election in 2011, then 92-year-old K.R. Gouri Amma has made history and she was a sure entry to the Guinness Book of World Records. Gouri Amma was the only candidate to contest all the assembly elections till 2011 since the state first went to polls in 1957.

Gouri Amma’s candidature in 2011 had raised many an eyebrow for she contesting at such an old age when most other individuals retire from all activities at 70 at the most. The energy she gave to all others was very much as it persuades unoccupied people to do something rewarding in life. Though she was expelled from the Marxist party in 1994, the Marxist leaders were good in terms witth her just because of her unbridled courage and positive attitude to human life. 

 Long live the memory of Gouri Amma and her optimistic outlook.

- K A Solaman

Con-woman drama ends.

The drama played by various political parties in Kerala with Saritha S Nair, the con-woman in solar scam, is over. She was sentenced to 6 years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 40,000 in connection with the solar scam.

The woman who defrauded huge sums of money from various people offering to install solar panels was a tool for left-wing parties to prevent the UDF from regaining power in 2016. Even the elderly Ommen Chandy was her target in the sex scandal. She even dared to challenge Rahul Gandhi in LS polls with the support of those political parties who were working in disguise behind her.

Thanks  to our judicial system as she was not allowed to commit a criminal act in the current Assembly election. Also for the next elections, she could do nothing because her prison sentence did not end until after 6 years.

-K A Solaman

Costly Pooram

Thrissur Pooram will be held without avoiding customs and abiding the COVID protocol, it is reported. No one will be allowed to attend Pooram without producing a  COVID negative  certificate. People over the age of 45 must present a COVID vaccination certificate.

It is interesting to note that in order to get a  Covid negative.certificate, people have to take a Covid test. In Kerala the RT-PCR test costs Rs 2,100. The GeneXpert test cost has been revised to Rs 2,500. Tru-nat is now at Rs 2,100. Antigen testing remains the same at Rs 625. In short, whoever wants to attend Pooram has to spend a lot of money. Children would not be allowed to attend Pooram.

If Pooram is not for ordinary people, to hold it is suspect. Pooram shouldn't be for protecting someone's ego. It should be for a cause.

Of course, festivals promote diversity and bring people together. They increase the opportunities for civic pride. However, if they are life threatening, it is best to avoid them.

-K A Solaman

Tne regret

The regret

Regret expressed. by  Devaswom Minister  Kadakampally Surendran on the incidents that took place in Sabarimala regarding the entry of women, is good but it will not work because the believers do not trust Kadakampally.

Moreover, Kadakampally is not the only authority to speak out on CPM policy issues. If it is said by Pinarayi or Vijayaraghavan, it has some substance, but the devotees do not trust them too. Funny to hear `` Namajapam '' rituals from AKG centre.

-K A Solaman

Extraordinary needs extraordinary

An extraordinary issue requires extraordinary action. That  is why the two-member Madhavan Nambiar committee report on Sprinklr was put into cold storage and appointed  a new three-member committee  for a fresh report.

And if the three-member committee report also goes awry, a four-member team will be appointed. The exercise will continue until next May and thereafter God only knows the fate of the report and of the government.

K A solaman

Demonetization reduced black money

Opposition parties continue to cry over demonetization even on its fourth anniversary. Their dream of revalidating demonetized currency is still a dream

In fact, demonetization has helped reduce black money, increase tax compliance, and boost transparency despite its early hiccups. The present investigation carried out in Kerala by central agencies such as NIA, ED, Customs and Narcotics Department, is the consequence of demonetization. Gold smugglers and drug traffickers have to depend on transparent bank accounts and this has resulted in a flow of money from benami accounts to the drug trafficker's account in Bangaluru. This means the results of demonization have been of great benefit to national progress.

Demonetization has also helped reduce sources of funding for terrorist activities

K A Solaman.

Perverted feminism

Dubbing artist Bhagyalakshmi and others make much fuss in Kerala psyche with their perverted feminism. Feminism is the advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes and not hatred towards men.

So, the state government opposing granting anticipatory bail to Bhagyalakshmi and two others in the case related to the attack on a YouTuber, is in the right direction. In fact the trio two were  taking law and order into their own hands. 

K A Solaman

Battle of Covid

Allopaths and traditional practitioners in Kerala are locking horns after Kerala Health Minister K K Shailaja backed the effectiveness of homoeopathic medicine in curbing Covid-19 spread. While the allopaths are alleging that there are no scientific justifications for homoeopathic medicine's effectiveness in stopping Covid-19, the homoeopaths are accusing that even the allopaths are experimenting medicines and trying plasma therapy without any scientific studies.

In this tussle what is acceptable is the words of famous musician Yehudi Menuhin. He said: "Homeopathy is the safest and most reliable approach to ailments and has withstood the assaults of established medical practice for over 100 years". Yehudi Menuhin is considered one of the great violinists of the 20th century. 

K. A Solaman

പി എസ് സി നടപടി അപലപനീയം

.ഉദ്യോഗാർത്ഥികൾക്ക് പ്രതിഷേധം അറിയിക്കാൻ  പാടില്ലെന്ന കേരള പബ്ലിക്ക് സർവീസ് കമ്മീഷൻ നിലപാട് അലപനീയമാണ്. വിവാദപരമായ ഇത്തരം ഉത്തരവുകൾ ഇറക്കി പി എസ് സി അതിൻ്റെ വില കളയരുത്. പുറം വാതിൽ നിയമനം തടയാൻ യാതൊരുവിധ നടപടിയും എടുക്കാത്ത പി എസ് സി വിവാദ ഉത്തരവുകളിലൂടെ അപേക്ഷകരെ കോടതി കയറ്റാൻ ശ്രമിക്കുകയാണ്.

 നിയമനവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട് കാസർകോട്ടെ പി.എസ്.എസി ഉദ്യോഗാർഥികൾ ഒരു പ്രതിഷേധ സമരം നടത്തിയിരുന്നു. ഇതിനെതിരെ ഇവർക്കെതിരേ നടപടിയെടുക്കാൻ നിർദേശിച്ചിരിക്കുകയാണ് പി.എസ്.സി. ഇത് പ്രതിഷേധാർഹമാണ്. ജോലിയിൽ ഇരിക്കുന്നവർക്ക് പോലും പ്രതിഷേധത്തിനു അവകാശമുള്ളപ്പോൾ നിയമനം ലഭിക്കാത്തതിൻ്റെ പേരിൽ.റാങ്ക് ലിസ്റ്റിൽ ഉള്ളവർ പ്രതിഷേധിക്കുന്നതിൽ എന്താണ് തെറ്റ്?

ചോദ്യപേപ്പർ ചോർച്ചയും റാങ്കുലിസ്റ്റു തട്ടിപ്പും മൂലം വിശ്വാസ്യത നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ട പി എസ് സി

ഉദ്യോഗാർത്ഥികളുടെ സ്വാതന്ത്രവും അവകാശവും നിഷേധിക്കുന്ന നടപടികളിലേക്ക്‌ കടക്കാതിരിക്കുന്നതാണ് വിവേകം.

കെ എ സോളമൻ

Against Privacy policy

Kerala Police collecting the Call Details Register (CDR) of COVID-19 patients, which includes their personal information, is a human rights violation. Patients do not have a criminal history and Covid does not preclude any basic human rights.

The right to privacy is a component of various legal traditions aimed at restricting government and private actions that threaten the privacy of individuals. More than 150 national constitutions mention the right to privacy. It is therefore wrong to give the police the power to invade the privacy of the public. Patients should not be deprived of their privacy.

K A Solaman

Run for job

It is time for someone to take it to a court of justice as the number of appointments made through the Kerala Public Service Commission has dropped significantly in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. However, there is no decrease in backdoor appointments and the practice of making contract employees permanent.

The order making 47 temporary staff of the state library board permanent was issued during this COVID-19 period. The decision to appoint 80 people by creating posts at SCOLE Kerala, the state open school, has started. The administrative committee also approved the decision to appoint 36 people to the Youth Protection Council.

The LDF government of Kerala is doing whatever it takes, for the comrades. It is sad to see educated and test qualified young people  running pillar to post for a placement.

K A Solaman

Order surprising

In Kerala the government had issued .strict instructions to all field officers, including the police, to control the spread of Kovid within 2 weeks. The order was issued by the Chief Secretary at the disposal of the Chief Minister.

I doubt it was a little late. The order was to be issued four months ago.

K A Solaman

Diplomatic gold

The customs department has done a good job by seizing 30 kg of gold from an air cargo shipment from the United Arab Emirates to the country's consulate in the state capital of Kerala.

The Kerala government transferring its information technology secretary M Sivasankar amid allegations of his links to the gold smuggling racket is a serious problem and it highlights CM's involvement in the case. The current contraband of 30 kg of gold from a diplomatic shipment may not be the first.

The action of the customs department embarrassed the state government. The CM saying that he is not aware of appointments in his department is laughable. Even if he was not involved, he could have resigned from his post on moral  ground..

K A Solaman

E-bus smacks of corruption

It has been reported that 10 electric buses rented by KSRTC are incurring huge loss. According to KSRTC each bus incurs a loss of Rs 7,140 per day. Then what is the advantage of buying new E-buses?

Hence, the plan by Kerala Government  to buy 3,000 electric buses at a cost of Rs 4,500 crore smacks.of corruption..The consultancy deal was given to Pricewaterhouse Coopers, a London based company This company is fighting .many  legal battles for corruption in the past. When Mls Tata, Ashok Leyland, Mahindra like Indian companies make E-buses, Kerala Government planning for a  purchase abroad, is suspecious.

K A Solaman

Baleful decision

Any baleful decision taken during Covid time will not attract people's wrath. The Kerala government knows this well and that is why the bus fare has been hiked.

The minimum fare was Rs 8 for travelling a distance of 5km till date. Now it is for 2.5km, that is, a hundred percent increase. According to the new system, to travel 5 km distance, the fare will be Rs 10.The Kerala government, which is believed to know the extent of common man's plight, has refused to help them in a difficult time..

K A Solaman

Rampant corruption

Under  Pinarayi administration corruption is rampant in every walks of life. The latest is the  cabinet decision to appoint K V Manojkumar as the chairman of the Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights. Manoj is the son of former CPM Thalassery Area Committee member KV Balan and is only a law graduate.

It is alleged that the appointment was made by flouting norms and the eligibility criteria. Earlier, the chairman and the members should be postgraduates and should have atleast 10 years experience in child welfare and protection activities. Manoj is only a graduate and has little experience in child welfare activities.

A slightly qualified chairman and highly qualified members in a State Commission reveals a corrupt government that had lost its hold on the affections of the people.

K A Solaman,

No need of mute police

It is  shocking to see the police remaining mute spectators to rallies when  participants make aggresive slogans claiming murder of opponents in the past. If a participant publically claims his or his party's involvement in past killing he can be arrested and questioned

This I say because there were such rallies in Kerala recently glorifying their  past killings and claiming they are ready to do it again. This sort of provocative slogans would create discontent among opponents. Hence, the offenders should be immediately questioned  by the police instead of standing mute.

K A Solaman

Privatise KSEB

The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) chairman N S Pillai asking the consumers  to pay the electricity bill of lockdown period in five instalments, is amusing. Does he mean that consumers have no job other than to stand in queue before the KSEB Section office?

In the absense of Electricity minister, Chairman NS Pillai has become a media maniac uttering nonsense. What consumers needed is a rollback of the heavy current bill issued to them. The consumers are of firm belief that bills were prepared maliously to charge extra. The Karnataka government has waived off current bills for five months. Why Kerala could not waive off two months at least?

The Chairman also says  even if these bills are not paid, power connection will not be disconnected. This kind of talk is authoritarian and against the existing rules. The autocratic way of KSEB would come to an end if it is privatised and its present chairman is sent to corner.

K A Solaman