Life has come to a grinding halt to the common man in Kerala thanks to the dawn to dusk 'hartal' called by the LDF(CPM and its allies). And this is to impress upon the central government to impose a ban on the use of the deadly pesticide 'Endosulphan'! Whom are these guys trying to impress? The entire thing is a farcical script being played out by selfish guys, trying to outsmart the other, without realising (or is it more likely that they're fully aware yet do not care)that the average Keralite is fuming because he's to go through untold suffering thanks to the hartal.
The following points show the gimmickry perpetuated by the players in this pantomime:-
(a) A few days back, the Achuthanandan faction of the CPM had sat on a daylong fast(?) to highlight the same issue thus scoring a point over the Pinarayi Vijayan faction. It happened to be the day of the commencement of the Stockholm convention where the countries of the world were discussing the use/ban of toxic materials.
(b) The call for hartal today, to coincide with the final day of the same convention, has been called by the Pinarayi Vijayan faction!
(c) The interesting paradox is that the very same CPM, had brutally opposed the forum of people who called for an end to the use of Endosulphan, earlier!
The UDF(Congress and its allies) has been harping on the CPM's duplicity. It's another matter that the central government wants to conduct yet another study before advocating the cause of a total ban on the use of 'Endosulfan - mind you, there have been three documented studies carried out earlier by responsible and government appointed agencies! The ravages caused by the harmful chemical is there for all to see amongst the people staying in and around the cashew plantations - where the pesticide is used - of Kasaragod.
Another stark reality where we seem to be favouring MNCs in their profit making ventures without ethical backing! Sad!!
And then the pantomime of the 'holier-than-thou' attitude being played out by the political parties. Very sad!!!
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