Saturday, November 1, 2014

The twist in the bar story!

Commotion has broken out!

The reason? The Kerala Bar Owners' Association had alleged that KM Mani, the Finance Minister, had taken an advance of Rs. 1 crore out of the full payment of Rs. 5 crores for opening the bars closed, thus far.

The ruling front, led by the Chief Minister himself has come out against the allegation and he even chided one of his MLAs who'd demanded a thorough probe and reiterated the UDF's support for Mani. The opposition, led by the CPM, has been careful about not uttering even a word against Mani but has targeted the chief minister instead, saying that he and his faction, within the Congress, are gonna be the ultimate beneficiaries of this 'conspiracy'!

Only, VS Achuthanandan has asked for a judicial probe! This is nothing but part of the CPM's thinking of getting Mani to break the UDF's ranks with the lure of the chief ministership and install a government, supported by the LDF. Anyone, but Oommen Chandy, as chief minister seems to be their need. 

So, we have a ridiculous situation here with Mani being virtually silent and seemingly sitting pretty on the serious allegation upon himself, with everyone else vying to give him a clean chit!

My take.

No amount of thinking has given me the reason for this hilarious situation.


Tailpiece.

Why do we get paranoid about a Chines nuclear submarine having docked in Colombo? Sri Lanka, being a sovereign nation, will go by her national interest. She need not take cognizance of the Indian concerns always, as has been our experience in the past. Instead, we need to strengthen our submarine arm and flex our muscle in the South China Sea, ostensibly in support of the Vietnamese offshore oil exploration there and also have more frequent naval exercises with the Vietnamese and the Japanese forces!   

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