Yet another Election...whither Kerala

The Malayali has voted in a predictable manner, one would say, going by the LDF victory. We have followed the pattern of voting each front alternatively.
Is it as simplistic as that?
Was there a 'Left Wave' in the state?
Is this the Waterloo of leaders like K Muralidharan, PK Kunhalikutty, TM Jacob and
R Balakrishna Pillai?

The voter cannot be lead by the nose. Nor can he be taken for granted.
Transcending 'isms' certain votes have gone to strengthen parties that would stall the forward march of communalist elements, be they of the Fundamentalist or the Rightist kind.

When time and again it has been proved that taking to the streets to get justice and to create public opinion rarely gets the desired results/responses from the 'aware Malayali', it is heartening to note that the 'ice-cream' man could in reality be sent out through the ballot.
K Ajitha's unceasing effort, her never-say-die approach has to be commended. She may not have succeeded in getting the powers that be to be fair in handling the case but public opinion could be swayed to make a difference.

While one sat watching Rejina make quick flips-flops every twentyfour hours the fear of a system buckling under the pressure of a highly politicised set up of serving justice and the money power of the people involved, the dark clouds were ominous - how does one live in a world where the purse strings can alter the verdicts of the most heinous acts.

While its kudos to K Ajitha and other women's organisations for having kept the issue simmering, we have to recognise the fact that a whiff of fresh air and hope was raised with the stand taken by K T Jaleel vis-a-vis the invincible P K Kunhalikutty.

The euphoria in the Kuttipuram area was visible. As usual people took out processions celebrating the success of the 'giant-killer'. The victory provides a breather for a region that is caught in a warp-the leadership that has taken the district as its fiefdom and in turn use that influence as a trump card on the negotiating table within the UDF.

While P K Kunhalikutty licks his wounds and gathers Dutch courage, let us hope that in the next five years the new leadership (in M'puram) would have charted a course which is confidence inspiring and will ensure that the wily and scheming politicos do not rise from the ashes.