I feel this article provides a great insight into Achuthanandan's actions in Munnar, but having followed Kerala's politics for a long while, I feel the views are still one-sided. There are a few reasons why I cannot accept the action as perfect: 1. Instead of demolishing the buildings (like 5 star hotels), he could have acquired them and resold them back to private owners to ensure that precious GDP investment (and the brand) is not wasted. 2. The action could have been taken before the peak tourist season, when thousands of visitors to Munnar were left stranded after having booked their holidays with non refundable amounts. 3. The CM should have been fair and legitimate in the seizing procedure, and should not have shown discrimination against several properties based on personal or party's interests. 4. The CM should have kept in check the influence of his family during the process.
RE:A one-sided view?
by civic watch on Jun 09, 2007 12:09 AM Permalink
I simply cannot agree with this comment.What GDP? Any illegal action should not go unpunished and it should set as a warning for such evil do'ers.We've had enough of these! It appears that this writer may have been a victim of this.Even if we lose tourists for a year nothing is going to be lost.If only all the Chief Ministers take courage and follow the example of VS half of the corruption could be curbed.In Karnataka, thanks to Kumaraswamy CM nearly 28,000 acres of illegal land has since been identified and action is being contemplated.
