The LDF has been at the Cliff House - the official residence of the chief minister at Thiruvananthapuram - blockade for about a week. It's to pressurise Oommen Chandy to resign on account of the solar scam. And the protestors have already hit a roadblock and are now resorting to churlish means to vent their anger at another carefully planned(?) venture having gone haywire!
It all began like this. Last Tuesday, Sandhya, a housewife staying in the vicinity had difficulty in seeing off her school going child thanks to the roadblock brought about by the protestors and the police barricades placed to counter it. And she, very naturally, vent her spleen on the protestors saying that they'd no right to put the public through untold suffering. Her doubt was as to what purpose the blockade was serving when the chief minister was away at Kollam on his 'mass contact programme'.
The leaders at the protest site were taken aback at the genuine anguish of the lady and tried to shift the blame on to the police for having set up the barricades but she'd have nothing of it and ended her tirade with the sucker punch that a people's movement, that the protestors were claiming their efforts to be, must essentially have the backing of the people and proclaimed her intention of getting the other ladies of the area organised to fight against the blockade.
Chittilapally Kochouseph, an industrialist and a philanthropist was quick to announce a gift of Rs. 5 lakhs to the lady for having taken a just and firm stand against the politicians' misdemeanour.
The LDF ensured that the free movement of the people through the thoroughfare was ensured the very next day but has begun a venomous smear campaign against the housewife who'd the temerity to stand up to the might of the party. Sample a few of their actions:-
(a) a banana plantation, nearby, owned by the lady was vandalised.
(b) in the meeting held subsequently, leaders vied with each other in calling both the housewife
and the industrialist some 'colourful' names.
(c) has asked the transport commissioner to book the lady for not wearing a helmet on that
fateful day.
Outright churlishness. What else can one say?
Tailpiece.
Nothing made headway today as there seemed to be a general lethargy in services, post the 'ekadasi' celebrations and it so happens that today is a Saturday, heralding the commencement of a long weekend! We'll never change!!
It all began like this. Last Tuesday, Sandhya, a housewife staying in the vicinity had difficulty in seeing off her school going child thanks to the roadblock brought about by the protestors and the police barricades placed to counter it. And she, very naturally, vent her spleen on the protestors saying that they'd no right to put the public through untold suffering. Her doubt was as to what purpose the blockade was serving when the chief minister was away at Kollam on his 'mass contact programme'.
The leaders at the protest site were taken aback at the genuine anguish of the lady and tried to shift the blame on to the police for having set up the barricades but she'd have nothing of it and ended her tirade with the sucker punch that a people's movement, that the protestors were claiming their efforts to be, must essentially have the backing of the people and proclaimed her intention of getting the other ladies of the area organised to fight against the blockade.
Chittilapally Kochouseph, an industrialist and a philanthropist was quick to announce a gift of Rs. 5 lakhs to the lady for having taken a just and firm stand against the politicians' misdemeanour.
The LDF ensured that the free movement of the people through the thoroughfare was ensured the very next day but has begun a venomous smear campaign against the housewife who'd the temerity to stand up to the might of the party. Sample a few of their actions:-
(a) a banana plantation, nearby, owned by the lady was vandalised.
(b) in the meeting held subsequently, leaders vied with each other in calling both the housewife
and the industrialist some 'colourful' names.
(c) has asked the transport commissioner to book the lady for not wearing a helmet on that
fateful day.
Outright churlishness. What else can one say?
Tailpiece.
Nothing made headway today as there seemed to be a general lethargy in services, post the 'ekadasi' celebrations and it so happens that today is a Saturday, heralding the commencement of a long weekend! We'll never change!!
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