No one can say Oommen Chandy is an inactive Chief Minister

It is easy to criticise, scribes and Opposition parties and even friendly parties take vibes against certain actions of the ruling dispensation.  It is always like that and great ruling party leaders at least tolerate such chiding. On the occasion when the Oommen Chandy Government in Kerala is entering the third year of its administration on May 18, no one can say that the Chief Minister is inactive. He is always on the move and whenever he accosts a problem of the people, he has ideas to solve the woes, meaning he does not toe the line of creating bureaucratic hurdles. When one listens to the Sutharya Keralam programme when people can air their grievances, the very specific suggestions given by the Chief Minister underscores his problem-solving skills, to the advantage of the people. It is true, during the first year of his governance there were programmes which could grab the limelight at one go, like 100-day programme, mass contact programme, by-election results and the like. In the second year, he was struggling to get clearance for long-term projects like Kochi Metro, Smart City, Mono Rail. He says all these programmes would be completed on time.  If successful, such projects are unique to the state, for Kerala had always been lagging behind in such ventures. His intention is to see that educated unemployed should get good jobs in the state itself. This is not to say that everything has been smooth for him. There were problems like the need for the exit of K.B.Ganeshkumar from the Cabinet. Now NSS and SNDP leaders have to be mollified in addition to JSS, CMP stalwarts and R.Balakrishna Pillai. Perhaps some of the problems could be sorted out if Ramesh Chennithala joins the Cabinet, when some forces could be smoothened out.