Will anyone jump into the BJP's dungpit out of fear of the in-fight in the Congress’ stable?
P. S. Remesh Chandran
Editor, Sahyadri Books & Bloom Books, Trivandrum
Will anyone jump into the BJP's dungpit out of fear of the in-fight in the Congress’ stable? It may be asked, isn't it what is going out from that in the stable that is lying in the dung pit? Yes, that is what it is lying there. Who are alredy lying there in BJP's dungpit except those who left Congress earlier or were ousted from it? Other than them, there are none there- except perhaps some former Marxists like A. P. Abdullahkutty and Alphonse Kannanthanam? And who would say that which is lying in the dunghole is worth more than that which is standing in the stable? If you are that thing standing in the stable, you can produce as many dung and as many dung pits as you want, but if you are the dung or the dung pit, can you produce at least one thing as those standing in the stable?
We are talking here about how a woman named Padmaja Venugopal, who had held many dignified positions in the Indian National Congress for so many years, went from that stable and jumped into that dung pit that is the Bharatiya Janata Party that is ruling in the Centre. It is widely known that she is the daughter of Late Mr. K. Karunakaran, the veteran leader, Chief Minister of Kerala and the Union Minister for Industries at the Centre. The Indian National Congress Congress did not shake when Mr. Karunakaran for a time left the Congress. Would it tremble when the daughter who has nothing else in the party and Kerala society except her father's legacy left and joined the BJP? If she wasn't Karunakaran's daughter, would BJP have accepted her, taken her to Delhi for giving membership, and brought her back to Trivandrum to be displayed with trumpets and bugles- an One Day’s Queen?
The Indian National Congress made her a member and office bearer of the All India Congress Committee and the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee which they did by overpassing many able and popular women Congress leaders in Kerala just out of consideration for her late father. She was made candidate twice to the State Legislative Assembly and once to the Parliament of India- she lost. She was also appointed as the chairperson of the Kerala State Tourism Development Corporation. While joining the Bharatiya Janata Party she said she was totally neglected by her party. If this was neglect, what would be consideration like?
Written on: 08 March 2024 and first published on: 09 March 2024
Original article in Malayalam written and first published on: 08 March 2024:
1554. കോണു്ഗ്രസ്സിലെ തൊഴുത്തിലു്ക്കുത്തുപേടിച്ചു് ആരെങ്കിലും ബീജേപ്പീയുടെ ചാണകക്കുഴിയിലെടുത്തുചാടുമോ?
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