Re: [www.keralites.net] Wish we had every CM like him in India - The most humble CM

 

I do not think it proper to cast aspersions on a person who is no more in this world to defend himself.  One wonders as to whether Shri Achutha Menon was the CM of the State of Kerala or was he a sole dictator of the State ? Was the decision in question, i.e. to extend the Mullaperiyar dam tenure for 1000 years, taken solely by Shri Achutha Menon, or whether it was a considered decision  taken by his entire Cabinet after proper deliberations by the bureacrats too ?

These are questions to be posed before nailing Shri.Achutha Menon alone in this manner.  Perhaps, some of the then Ministers of his Cabinet  as well as burecrats might still be around us who must be identified and whose explanations must be demanded by cruzifying late Shri Menon who was one of the best Chief Ministers of Kerala.

From the vivid narrations of even the minutest details given, it appears that one of the contributors is definitely a close aid to the Goa CM Shri Parrikar whose virtues have been so well depicted for the reasons known only to him.

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From: John Thomas <joal0791@yahoo.com>
To: Keralites <Keralites@YahooGroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, 5 May 2012 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [www.keralites.net] Wish we had every CM like him in India - The most humble CM

Mr. Achutha Menon was ruling in the mercy of Congress party. In those days, Mrs. Gandhi wanted to have an alliance with DMK. So to make them happy, she asked our then-pathetic-CM to renew the agreement for a 1000 years! The 'simple & humble' CM had to keep on being the CM and thus he signed the agreement by deceiving the entire state!! It is the cowardice and power hunger of that person and his party which led us to all these troubles. Thus Mullapperiar of Kerala became the occupied west bank of Palestine.

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From: dilip pishsrikovil <dilp_v@yahoo.com>
To: "Keralites@yahoogroups.com" <Keralites@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: [www.keralites.net] Wish we had every CM like him in India - The most humble CM

Hi all,

What is so great about achutha Menon? He sold off millions of Keralites life by renewing the agreement for Mullaperiyar... So he is the most brainless CM. By being simple he did not think in a broader manner, and we are in deep shit now.. Its better to have a not so simple and Humble CM, but has brains in the right place.. ACHUTHA MENON prooves him self to be the biggest failure in Indian history by inadvertently cheating us and taking away our future.. His irresponsibility is going to cost us millions of lives... To hell with him..

 

P.Dilip

From: Vinayachandran S <vinchand59@gmail.com>
To: Keralites <Keralites@YahooGroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 2 May 2012 6:31 AM
Subject: Re: [www.keralites.net] Wish we had every CM like him in India - The most humble CM

I also rember an incident.I was in a flight from Delhi to Trivandrum via Kochi-After the scheduled departure time was over; the flight was made to delay for 45 minutes more-the reason was the then CM Mr Nayanar and the Ex CM -EMS were to board the flight from Kochi to TVM and were to arrive by road from Trissur and they were delayed. This is also an aspect to remeber.

We had a simple CM like Manohar Parikkar, ie C Achutha Menon- he was out and out simple- of course I don't know whether he had invested his properties with his party to ensure proper retrns like the greater EMS- who cleverly donated to the party to evade it being given to the Kudiyaans of lower caste and ensured smooth living for himself, wife and children

On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Sankara narayana PILLAI <snpjal@yahoo.com> wrote:

Mr. Narayanan Can you sincerely analyze yourself, how much your earning you donate or give to others?Mr. EMS has donated his property to the Party and not to any organisation to feed poor.

Moreover the property he had from his ancestors and not by himself.

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From: Narayanan Ramachandran <nnr_rama@yahoo.com>
To: Keralites <Keralites@YahooGroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: [www.keralites.net] Wish we had every CM like him in India - The most humble CM

Hi.

There is nothing new in it. Do you remember one Gentleman called Mr E M Shankaran Namboothirippad, the first non-Congress Chief Minister of Kerala. He always used to travel like a Commoner carrying his own baggage. He used to walk to the Bus Stop and travel by Bus too. I have seen this as I used to work at the Airport. I have seen him several times. Not once or twice. Do you also know, he donated all his property to the Party.

How many of our to-day's Politicians can do it including Mr Manohar Parrikar!!!!!!!!!!!

Regards

RAMA NARAYAN.From: Ravi Narasimhan <ravi_narasimhan_in@yahoo.com>
To: Keralites <Keralites@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 6:56 AM
Subject: [www.keralites.net] Wish we had every CM like him in India - The most humble CM

Goa CM flies the way you and I do.

While returning to Delhi from Goa yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised to find the chief minister of Goa, BJP's Manohar Parrikar, on the same flight. No, this isn't the first time I was on board with a CM, a senior minister or a politician. But what I saw - right from the time he boarded the aircraft till the moment he exited the airport building at New Delhi - impressed me so much that it has stayed with me till now and has made me write this piece.

I tried to remember when was the last time I saw a CM or a senior political leader of Mr Parrikar's stature queuing up like a common man to board a flight. No flunkeys, no security, no attendant, carrying his own luggage - and he was flying economy on a low-cost carrier, not first-class on a full services airline. He wasn't the last to enter the flight nor was the flight held up for him to arrive.

He walked into the Go Air aircraft like any average passenger, almost unnoticed, and well in time. Like everyone else, he queued at the gate, boarded the bus, and climbed into the plane when his turn came. He didn't sit in the first row which has become the exclusive preserve of the high and mighty on flights that have no first class. He quietly slipped into row three (or was it row four) and sat there without any fuss. I think most people on the aircraft didn't realise who he was and therefore no attempt was made to mob him or try and catch his attention.

The cabin crew spent no more time attending to him than they did to any other passenger.

When I shared this with a colleague who was travelling with me, he said, "I am sure the airline would have left the seat next to him unoccupied or his office would have booked two seats so that he is not disturbed." But when I went to attend to nature's call, I realised on my way back that this was not the case. All seats in his row were occupied and absolutely no special privilege seemed to have either been demanded or offered. Yes, he did have an aisle seat - as did two people in every row.

When the flight landed in Delhi, he wasn't the first to get off it. Usually, it is only when the VIP is ushered into a special car waiting for him at the tarmac (with a suitable red light mounted on the roof of the car), that the other passengers are allowed to deplane. In this case, neither was he the first to disembark, nor was there a car waiting. Nobody came to receive him on the tarmac and he boarded the same bus which took all other passengers to the airport terminal. Again, he carried his own luggage (two pieces) right up to the car which came to fetch him.

While in the bus, a couple of co-passengers did recognise him and began to chat with him. The conversation which followed left me in no doubt that he was not just a gentleman but very understated in his demeanour. Dressed in a simple but formal shirt and trousers and black sandals, he didn't look or sound like a typical politician. Having worked in the news business for a while, I did know that he is the first IIT-ian to head a state government in India. I had also heard that he was trying to clean up the murky world of Goa politics. But what I observed first-hand left me pleasantly surprised.

I am not a resident of Goa and therefore not in a position to cast my vote for Mr Parrikar - in a political sense. But purely from a personal standpoint, he has my vote for the kind of person he seems to be.

I had gone to Goa to attend the Network18 Leadership Meet and I learned my last lesson of leadership this weekend watching Mr Parrikar from a distance.
 

Mr Parrikar, take a bow!

Ravi

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