At times i don’t understand what’s happening with all these politicos.
Lets take the Achuthanandan (namesake) led CPI government of Kerala. He came into power with a bang. He waived off farmer loans. Great Work? The other side of the story, the waiver was for those farmers who had committed suicide.
I feel it was good of him to do that. Something is better than Nothing.
Second, he reclaims illegal land encroachments. That included a minister too. Bold move again. Common man rejoiced, as they had only seen such iconic personality in Movies.
On the flip side, the CM was getting famous and the party CPM, well they didn’t gain much ground with their Leader’s high flying acts.
Lets reanalyze – CPM – Communist – i.e. the group that stands for the Common Man, the Laborer, the Bourgeois.
Kerala is blessed with a beautiful monsoon season. Thanks to Global Warming, the rain seems to have come a well 3 months in advance. The unwary Farmer spots the rainclouds one fine day. Now he has to make a choice to save his hard work, the Yield of an year – he can get the machine running and do the work in say 2-3hrs or He can get hired hands, debate on their wage, their working time and do th work in 2-3days.
Now if i was a Farmer what will i do? With CPM around i would go for option-2. SOMETHING is better than NOTHING.
But the Farmers, chose option-1. The so called Communist ‘Workers’ came, stopped him from running the machine and as he watched rain lashed upon the fields ruining everything.
Day-4 and we are standing at Rs. 12-13 Crores lost in damages to crops alone.
Now, let me think, Why exactly didn’t CPM shine when Achuthananthan was doing a good job?