1. The Kerala High Court initiated, suo moto, a case 0n 21 Jun in connection with the suicide of expat
industrialist, Sajan Parayil, who was denied permit for a convention center he built at Anthoor in
Kannur. There is growing criticism that the government claim on 'ease of doing business' was
hollow and instead, it is creating an unfavourable climate for industry.
2. The attempt by the CPM to shield the Anthoor municipality, led by the wife of a CPM central
committee member and instead find four scapegoats in the form of the municipal staff who have
been suspended, received a jolt when the party's Taliparamaba area committee, last Friday,
demanded stern action against municipal chairperson, PK Shayamala.
3. Sajan, a Nigeria-returned expatriate, had built a convention centre spending Rs.15 crores at
Bakkalam in Anthoor municipality. But municipal officials denied him or rather indefinitely
delayed the building permit, forcing him to take the extreme step of taking his life.
4. A CPM sympathiser, Sajan Parayil, was made to run after the municipal officials who never gave
him a reason for denying him the permit. At one stage, he contacted the CPM district leadership
and they tried to take up the matter with Shayamala. That, according to Sajan's widow, was reason
for Shayamala to get agitated and she allegedly told him that she would like to know how he
would get the permit. Sajan is also said to have complained to chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan. But
no action was taken.
5. In a related issue, scotching rumours that his influence on Kannur politics has been waning since
the Lok Sabha elections - he'd contested in Vadakara and lost - P Jayarajan has emerged as a
saviour at a time of crisis for his party. Moreover, he made it clear at a public meeting that the
Anthoor municipal chairperson and the people's representatives cannot shrug off their
responsibilities.
6. His boldness has increased his popularity and the CM's reference to 'manufacturing icons out of
party leaders' prompted him to request his supporters to change the name of the social media
named after him, "PJ Army".
With the party's state secretary, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, caught up with his son, Binoy's shenanigans the party has its hands full in the wake of the report on its miserable show at the elections! It's to be seen as to how it circumvents the present crises.
Tailpiece.
It was a quiet day. Dr Rani Menon's eye clinic has shifted from our neighbourhood and relocated near the Rajah hospital because of lack of parking space for her patients/attendants. If she and the Warriathu family had sorted out the issue among themselves, a win-win situation could have been worked out. Sad that she has moved away! Mom, Lekha and I were her patients and we were smug to have a facility at our backyard!!
industrialist, Sajan Parayil, who was denied permit for a convention center he built at Anthoor in
Kannur. There is growing criticism that the government claim on 'ease of doing business' was
hollow and instead, it is creating an unfavourable climate for industry.
2. The attempt by the CPM to shield the Anthoor municipality, led by the wife of a CPM central
committee member and instead find four scapegoats in the form of the municipal staff who have
been suspended, received a jolt when the party's Taliparamaba area committee, last Friday,
demanded stern action against municipal chairperson, PK Shayamala.
3. Sajan, a Nigeria-returned expatriate, had built a convention centre spending Rs.15 crores at
Bakkalam in Anthoor municipality. But municipal officials denied him or rather indefinitely
delayed the building permit, forcing him to take the extreme step of taking his life.
4. A CPM sympathiser, Sajan Parayil, was made to run after the municipal officials who never gave
him a reason for denying him the permit. At one stage, he contacted the CPM district leadership
and they tried to take up the matter with Shayamala. That, according to Sajan's widow, was reason
for Shayamala to get agitated and she allegedly told him that she would like to know how he
would get the permit. Sajan is also said to have complained to chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan. But
no action was taken.
5. In a related issue, scotching rumours that his influence on Kannur politics has been waning since
the Lok Sabha elections - he'd contested in Vadakara and lost - P Jayarajan has emerged as a
saviour at a time of crisis for his party. Moreover, he made it clear at a public meeting that the
Anthoor municipal chairperson and the people's representatives cannot shrug off their
responsibilities.
6. His boldness has increased his popularity and the CM's reference to 'manufacturing icons out of
party leaders' prompted him to request his supporters to change the name of the social media
named after him, "PJ Army".
With the party's state secretary, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, caught up with his son, Binoy's shenanigans the party has its hands full in the wake of the report on its miserable show at the elections! It's to be seen as to how it circumvents the present crises.
Tailpiece.
It was a quiet day. Dr Rani Menon's eye clinic has shifted from our neighbourhood and relocated near the Rajah hospital because of lack of parking space for her patients/attendants. If she and the Warriathu family had sorted out the issue among themselves, a win-win situation could have been worked out. Sad that she has moved away! Mom, Lekha and I were her patients and we were smug to have a facility at our backyard!!
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