Kamal’s letter in love of Left leaves state govt reeling

By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The authorities discovered itself in a decent spot within the meeting on Tuesday after the Opposition disclosed contents of a letter from Chalachitra Academy Chairman Kamal to Cultural Affairs Minister A Okay Balan recommending regularisation of 4 contract employees of the establishment for his or her allegiance to the ruling Left.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was fast to defend his g ove r nment i n the episode. He mentioned Balan had al – prepared responde d to Kamal’s letter that political allegiance was not the yardstick for regularisation of contract employees. Pinarayi clarified that not one of the employees has been regularised until date.

Opposition chief Ramesh Chennithala raised Kamal’s letter as a trump card after the UDF’s demand for an adjournment movement to debate “large-scale back-door appointments” carried out by the LDF authorities was turned down.

‘Kamal letter shows political leanings deciding factor’

Kamal in his letter had advisable regularising the posts of deputy director (pageant), programme supervisor (pageant), deputy director (programmes) and programme supervisor (programmes) can be useful to the LDF authorities and the academy. “Regularising these employees who are Left sympathisers and are actively associated with progressive outfits in the cultural sphere will help in retaining the Leftist character of the academy that adorns a prime position among cultural institutions in the state,” Kamal mentioned in his letter.

It additionally talked about that the shortage of everlasting employees in these supervisory posts ever for the reason that academy’s inception has adversely affected its functioning and continuity of its initiatives. Despite the chief minister’s clarification that advice of the academy director has not been thought of, Chennithala mentioned the episode goes on to show how political leanings was a deciding think about regularising posts by the LDF authorities.