One'd always thought and hoped that Kerala, being the most literate state, had a clean and vibrant political system with lots of sound and fury where each and every political outfit respected the other, while fiercely guarding their core issues. Care was also taken not to exceed the limits of propriety while taking on one another on ideological issues.
I can vouch for this healthy state of affairs when we've had the representatives of the entire political spectrum - setting aside ideological differences - eager to be part of the activities organised under the auspices of my grandfather's foundation. And, therefore, it's my belief that the present state of affairs in the murder of TP Chandrasekharan and the volley of allegations and counterallegations by the political parties, in its aftermath, are aberrations that would get cleared once the culprits are brought to book.
I must hasten to add that the startling revelations made by MM Mani, the secretary of Idukki's CPM outfit, that the party had taken on its political opponents with ruthlessness in the early '80s have deepened the gravity of the crisis and has only confirmed political highhandedness in the most literate state! And it's in the fitness of things that some of the cases of those times are being brought under the scanner all over again. The guilty need to be brought to book at this late stage at least!
Though it's the best thing that has happened to expose the rot in the system, why did he open up now? I can only think of one of the following reasons:-
(a) To impress upon his leaders as to how loyal he's to them. Using his lung power, he was trying
to provide a counter argument in the heat of the moment. And justifying the old adage that
'ultimately, truth will out'.
(b) VS Achuthanandan has been harping on finding the culprits behind TP's murder at the earliest.
Was Mani's outbursts meant to dilute his stand because he happened to be the secretary of the
CPM's state unit at that time?
Tailpiece.
However much disgusting the entire situation is, it's one's hope that this will be a stepping stone to cleaning the system and to bring the guilty to book, eventually.
I can vouch for this healthy state of affairs when we've had the representatives of the entire political spectrum - setting aside ideological differences - eager to be part of the activities organised under the auspices of my grandfather's foundation. And, therefore, it's my belief that the present state of affairs in the murder of TP Chandrasekharan and the volley of allegations and counterallegations by the political parties, in its aftermath, are aberrations that would get cleared once the culprits are brought to book.
I must hasten to add that the startling revelations made by MM Mani, the secretary of Idukki's CPM outfit, that the party had taken on its political opponents with ruthlessness in the early '80s have deepened the gravity of the crisis and has only confirmed political highhandedness in the most literate state! And it's in the fitness of things that some of the cases of those times are being brought under the scanner all over again. The guilty need to be brought to book at this late stage at least!
Though it's the best thing that has happened to expose the rot in the system, why did he open up now? I can only think of one of the following reasons:-
(a) To impress upon his leaders as to how loyal he's to them. Using his lung power, he was trying
to provide a counter argument in the heat of the moment. And justifying the old adage that
'ultimately, truth will out'.
(b) VS Achuthanandan has been harping on finding the culprits behind TP's murder at the earliest.
Was Mani's outbursts meant to dilute his stand because he happened to be the secretary of the
CPM's state unit at that time?
Tailpiece.
However much disgusting the entire situation is, it's one's hope that this will be a stepping stone to cleaning the system and to bring the guilty to book, eventually.
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