MINISTER K.B GANESH KUMAR APOLOGIZED FOR THE DEROGATORY REMARKS AGAINST V.S ACHUTHANANDAN
Forest Minister K B Ganesh Kumar apologized for the derogatory remarks against former Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan. He said he is apologizing to all and should not have said about a person who is of the age of his grandfather. Ganesh Kumar tendered his apology to VS and all his friends who love him. Ganesh added that it was a slip of tongue seeing the over enthusiasm of his supporters. For the last 18 years VS has been hunting his father and family. He said he is also a son and has father and family.
Forest Minister K B Ganesh Kumar on Thursday night,27th October,2011, came under attack from CPI (M) and its affiliated outfits for making allegedly derogatory remarks against former Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan.The party's youth and student outfits DYFI and SFI came out strongly against Kumar for his unsavoury comments against Achuthanandan at a public meeting organised by his party Kerala Congress(B) at Pathanapuram in Kollam district.They said the minister would have to face 'serious consequences' if he refused to withdraw his fulminations
against the 88-year-old leader.They also took out a protest march at Pathanapuram, Ganesh Kumar's Assembly seat.
In many other parts of the state, DYFI and SFI workers took out protest marches against Kumar's remarks.CPI(M) women's wing All India Democratic Women's Association demanded that the Chief Minister drop Kumar from the cabinet in view of his 'uncultured attack' on the former chief minister. Taking exception to the language used by Kumar, senior CPI(M) leader M A Baby said this was quite unbecoming of a public figure and unheard of in Kerala's tradition of cultured public debate.Film actor-turned politician Ganesh Kumar is son of former minister R Balakrishna Pllai, now undergoing imprisonment in a corruption case.
DYFI said the minister would have to face 'serious consequences' if he refused to withdraw his fulminations against the 88-year-old leader. They also took out a protest march at Pathanapuram, Ganesh Kumar's Assembly seat. In many other parts of the state, DYFI and SFI workers took out protest marches against Kumar's remarks. CPM women's wing All India Democratic Women's Association demanded that the Chief Minister drop Kumar from the cabinet in view of his 'uncultured attack' on the former chief minister. Taking exception to the language used by Kumar, senior CPI(M) leader M A Baby said this was quite unbecoming of a public figure and unheard of in Kerala's tradition of cultured public debate.
The opposition LDF Friday,28th October,2011, forced the adjournment of Kerala Assembly for the day despite Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Kumar expressing regret over it.
While Oommen Chandy expressed regret in the House as soon as the sitting began, Kumar regretted the slip of the tongue at a press meet held shortly after the Assembly adjourned mid-way through the question hour. As soon as the day's proceedings began, LDF members were on their feet demanding that Kumar be dropped from the cabinet for fulminating at the opposition leader at a public meeting at Pathanapuram in Kollam district last night. Seeking to assuage the ruffled feelings, Chandy stood up and said that he was expressing regret over the minster's remarks on behalf of the UDF Government. However, the opposition members refused to be pacified and many of them moved away from their seats and kept on shouting slogans demanding action against Kumar for his 'uncultured remarks" against the 88-year-old leader and former Chief Minister.
Sensing trouble, Speaker G Karthikeyan rushed through the proceedings and adjourned the House for the day. Immediately after that, Kumar told a press meet that he profusely regretted for his comments against Achuthanandan. He said, for a moment, suppressed feelings got better of him as Achuthanandan had been "haunting" his father and Kerala Congress (B) leader R Balakrishna Pillai (now serving sentence in a corruption case) for the last 18 years. Kumar, however, said he should not have said what he had said about Achuthanandan, especially in view of the latter's age.
When asked if his was an expression of regret or he was apologizing, Kumar said it could be taken as an apology as well. In the same breath, Ganesh Kumar said for the last several weeks Achuthanandan had been relentlessly attacking his father (Pillai) in the Assembly and as a son he had been silently bearing the outbursts without getting provoked. A film actor before plunging into politics as successor of his father, Kumar said he had no difficulty in admitting that "a mistake is a mistake, which should not have happened." Kumar's father Balakrishna Pillai, a controversial figure in Kerala politics, is undergoing one year-imprisonment following his conviction in a corruption case by the Supreme Court in February. Interestingly, Pillai, known for his acerbic tongue, also landed in trouble in late 1980s when he was a minister for calling for a stir against the Centre's neglect of the state.
He was at the time dropped from the UDF ministry headed by late Congress stalwart K Karunakaran. Kumar's controversial speech sparked instant protest with youth, women and student outfits of the CPM and other LDF constituents hitting the street in all parts of the state Thursday night itself.
Forest Minister K B Ganesh Kumar on Thursday night,27th October,2011, came under attack from CPI (M) and its affiliated outfits for making allegedly derogatory remarks against former Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan.The party's youth and student outfits DYFI and SFI came out strongly against Kumar for his unsavoury comments against Achuthanandan at a public meeting organised by his party Kerala Congress(B) at Pathanapuram in Kollam district.They said the minister would have to face 'serious consequences' if he refused to withdraw his fulminations
against the 88-year-old leader.They also took out a protest march at Pathanapuram, Ganesh Kumar's Assembly seat.
In many other parts of the state, DYFI and SFI workers took out protest marches against Kumar's remarks.CPI(M) women's wing All India Democratic Women's Association demanded that the Chief Minister drop Kumar from the cabinet in view of his 'uncultured attack' on the former chief minister. Taking exception to the language used by Kumar, senior CPI(M) leader M A Baby said this was quite unbecoming of a public figure and unheard of in Kerala's tradition of cultured public debate.Film actor-turned politician Ganesh Kumar is son of former minister R Balakrishna Pllai, now undergoing imprisonment in a corruption case.
DYFI said the minister would have to face 'serious consequences' if he refused to withdraw his fulminations against the 88-year-old leader. They also took out a protest march at Pathanapuram, Ganesh Kumar's Assembly seat. In many other parts of the state, DYFI and SFI workers took out protest marches against Kumar's remarks. CPM women's wing All India Democratic Women's Association demanded that the Chief Minister drop Kumar from the cabinet in view of his 'uncultured attack' on the former chief minister. Taking exception to the language used by Kumar, senior CPI(M) leader M A Baby said this was quite unbecoming of a public figure and unheard of in Kerala's tradition of cultured public debate.
The opposition LDF Friday,28th October,2011, forced the adjournment of Kerala Assembly for the day despite Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Kumar expressing regret over it.
While Oommen Chandy expressed regret in the House as soon as the sitting began, Kumar regretted the slip of the tongue at a press meet held shortly after the Assembly adjourned mid-way through the question hour. As soon as the day's proceedings began, LDF members were on their feet demanding that Kumar be dropped from the cabinet for fulminating at the opposition leader at a public meeting at Pathanapuram in Kollam district last night. Seeking to assuage the ruffled feelings, Chandy stood up and said that he was expressing regret over the minster's remarks on behalf of the UDF Government. However, the opposition members refused to be pacified and many of them moved away from their seats and kept on shouting slogans demanding action against Kumar for his 'uncultured remarks" against the 88-year-old leader and former Chief Minister.
Sensing trouble, Speaker G Karthikeyan rushed through the proceedings and adjourned the House for the day. Immediately after that, Kumar told a press meet that he profusely regretted for his comments against Achuthanandan. He said, for a moment, suppressed feelings got better of him as Achuthanandan had been "haunting" his father and Kerala Congress (B) leader R Balakrishna Pillai (now serving sentence in a corruption case) for the last 18 years. Kumar, however, said he should not have said what he had said about Achuthanandan, especially in view of the latter's age.
When asked if his was an expression of regret or he was apologizing, Kumar said it could be taken as an apology as well. In the same breath, Ganesh Kumar said for the last several weeks Achuthanandan had been relentlessly attacking his father (Pillai) in the Assembly and as a son he had been silently bearing the outbursts without getting provoked. A film actor before plunging into politics as successor of his father, Kumar said he had no difficulty in admitting that "a mistake is a mistake, which should not have happened." Kumar's father Balakrishna Pillai, a controversial figure in Kerala politics, is undergoing one year-imprisonment following his conviction in a corruption case by the Supreme Court in February. Interestingly, Pillai, known for his acerbic tongue, also landed in trouble in late 1980s when he was a minister for calling for a stir against the Centre's neglect of the state.
He was at the time dropped from the UDF ministry headed by late Congress stalwart K Karunakaran. Kumar's controversial speech sparked instant protest with youth, women and student outfits of the CPM and other LDF constituents hitting the street in all parts of the state Thursday night itself.
Prof. John Kurakar
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