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Hindu groups upset over Chandy for giving
IUML fifth ministership
Friday April 13, 2012 06:44:25 PM,
IANS
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Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen
Chandy has come under fire from Hindu social groups besides his
own Congress party ever since he gave a fifth ministership to his
second biggest ally, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).
On Thursday, M. Ali of the IUML, along with Anup Jacob of Kerala
Congress (Jacob), was sworn in to take the strength of the Chandy
cabinet to its maximum limit of 21 and include six ministers each
from the Muslim and Christian communities.
Hindus constitute more than 50 percent of Kerala's population,
followed by Muslims with 24 percent and Christians with 23
percent.
Ever since Chandy assumed office last year, the communal imbalance
in his cabinet was a point of discussion as the minority
communities dominated. The situation turned for the worse after
the IUML was given a fifth ministership.
Chandy was taken aback when his own staunch loyalists, Power
Minister Aryadan Mohammed, not only failed to turn up for the
swearing in but also boycotted the cabinet meet that followed the
swearing in.
Chandy did some juggling to pacify the majority Hindu community by
relinquishing the Home Portfolio and giving it to his close
loyalist T. Radhakrishnan who was the revenue minister.
Radhakrishnan's request to meet the general secretary of the Nair
Service Society (the social group of the Hindu Nair community) at
their headquarters in Changnacherry was politely turned down by
Sukumaran Nair, the NSS strongman, Thursday.
Velapally Natesan, general secretary of the Hindu Ezhava community
also came down heavily on "succumbing to the pressures of the IUML"
and said the only way to end "this social injustice" is for
re-grouping of all Hindu community from 'adivasis to Nampoothiris'.
State Excise Minister K. Babu Friday told reporters in Kozhikode
that it was best if the fifth minister post for IUML had been
avoided.
"The detractors of the chief minister, however, did not come out
with an alternative to solve this issue. And now since this has
been done to keep the unity intact in the coalition, all should
accept this," said Babu.
Top IUML leader and Lok Sabha member E.T. Mohammed Basheer said
media was seeing everything negatively and what Babu said was the
truth because none could find a viable alternative.
Ali, the new IUML minister, told IANS that the best that he can do
in this is to see that his performance as a minister is meticulous
and one which will do good for the UDF.
Meanwhile, with feathers ruffled, the IUML top executive is
meeting in Kozhikode Saturday to take stock of the rumblings in
the state.
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