Mass contact programme of the Chief Minister inspires millions

Taking the massive people’s participation in the mass contact programme of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, it should be naturally assessed that it is inspiring.
The people expect a lot from Oommen Chandy, a man of the masses. There are allegations that people approach him for even flimsy reasons.

But why should they approach the Chief Minister for lowly matters? Simply because they don’t get recourse from elsewhere. Probably, they might have approached the officials a number of times and action has been eluding them.

They come to him to fetch a ration card that would fetch them subsidized ration, welfare pensions, birth certificates, death certificates and what not.

When they come to the Chief Minister, automatically the complaints get vetted by officials of various departments and they themselves try to solve the problem. That is the saving grace of it. Other things which are beyond them, the officials place these before the Chief Minister for a decision.

When there are on options, people approach leaders whom they expect to deliver the goods.

For example, over 60,000 applicants with various grievances have turned up at the mass contact programme in Kottayam. One can imagine the crowd considering the attendance of officials and political party activists added.

Let the people’s problems be resolved one way or another, and the Chief Minister himself taking up the grievances is a good omen.