In Kerala, why is this feeling coming to the common man that the ruling dispensation is becoming more and more helpless in containing its internal strife and acrimony? The investigation on the bar bribery case pointing at KM Mani, the Finance Minister, is increasingly becoming porous with every aspect being made public thanks to an active media with support from within the ruling dispensation.
The factors that tickle me are the following:-
(a) Is the Oommen Chandy government corrupt as the opposition says?
(b) If affirmative, why hasn't it taken appropriate action on the floor of the house placing solid
proof to make the government prove its 'cleanness' rather than making wild allegations without
anything concrete to back them up?
(c) Every one from Saritha(of the solar scam) to Biju Ramesh(of the bar bribery case) makes
astounding revelations on scams and loose morals as though it's one continuous reality show!
(d) Why are the investigations taking an inordinately long time to unearth the truth?
The upshot of the whole thing is that the man on the street is fast losing faith in the institutions that need to be above board in any democracy. There are a lot of good initiatives that have been taken by the government and one of the novel ideas has been the chief minister's personal interaction with his people through 'the mass contact programmes' done district wise. Many long pending issues have been resolved from the feedback on the ground. But the sad part is that the bureaucracy sometimes sits on his directives or refuses to take action!
Politics needs to be more purposeful so as to provide the people with good governance.
Tailpiece.
Wonder when our politicians will channelise their energies towards the welfare of the people that give them their votes? And will we Malayalees ever learn to stop criticising anything and everything?
The factors that tickle me are the following:-
(a) Is the Oommen Chandy government corrupt as the opposition says?
(b) If affirmative, why hasn't it taken appropriate action on the floor of the house placing solid
proof to make the government prove its 'cleanness' rather than making wild allegations without
anything concrete to back them up?
(c) Every one from Saritha(of the solar scam) to Biju Ramesh(of the bar bribery case) makes
astounding revelations on scams and loose morals as though it's one continuous reality show!
(d) Why are the investigations taking an inordinately long time to unearth the truth?
The upshot of the whole thing is that the man on the street is fast losing faith in the institutions that need to be above board in any democracy. There are a lot of good initiatives that have been taken by the government and one of the novel ideas has been the chief minister's personal interaction with his people through 'the mass contact programmes' done district wise. Many long pending issues have been resolved from the feedback on the ground. But the sad part is that the bureaucracy sometimes sits on his directives or refuses to take action!
Politics needs to be more purposeful so as to provide the people with good governance.
Tailpiece.
Wonder when our politicians will channelise their energies towards the welfare of the people that give them their votes? And will we Malayalees ever learn to stop criticising anything and everything?
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