LDF not supporting P C George is big blow for him

P.C.George who has embittered many a politician in Kerala has not found favour with the CPM in Kerala. It has decided not to support him in Poonjar constituency in Kottayam district in the ensuing Assembly elections.

It seems PC George was hoping against hope that the LDF would support him, now that he has deserted the Congress-led UDF.

That the CPM has allotted Poonjar seat to the Democratic Kerala Congress led by Francis George is big blow for P.C.George.

In any case P.C.George would contest in Poonjar and it may present a four-cornered battle.

Mallya or Quattrocchi, what difference it makes to common man?

What difference it makes to the common man whether it is Vijay Mallya or Ottavio Quattorcchi who had fleeced the country?

These days  reports  abound about Vijay Mallya leaving the country without repaying loans of up to or more than Rs 7,000 crore to banks  .Reminders have also come  about Ottavio Quattrocchi of the Bofors fame escaping from the country those days.

Speeches are there tit for tat, but what does the common man benefit out of the argumentative class.

Be it Vijay Mallya or Ottavio Quattrocchi, money has been lost and this money should have been in the exchequer. The money in the exchequer belongs to the common man who is now finding it difficult to make both ends meet.

At one direction, people are living in luxury, perhaps out of ill-gotten money, but at the other extreme crores of people are wallowing in poverty.

No one is above the law of existence

Pictures of Super Star Amitabh Bacchan crossing the streets of Delhi unnoticed in a masked appearance have been released by him.

One must realize that the people don’t take cognizance of others unless feelers are sent to them. Often we see hundreds of people thronging the venues of activities of film stars, ministers, various politicians and leaders.

It must be understood that popularity and publicity are ephemeral. King-emperors and ruthless rulers have hovered over planet earth for some time. But then they vanish from the planet after some time.

No one is above the laws of existence

Good that the govt has withdrawn tax on EPF withdrawals

After much heckling from all quarters, the Union Government has seen reason and taken steps to withdraw the tax clamped on EPF withdrawals.

Earlier, the government had taxed 60 per cent of the withdrawals from the EPF by the employees.

All hell had broken loose on clamping the tax on employees.

The employees have only one source of getting some cash throughout their career. That is on superannuation when they can withdraw the EPF accruals in bulk. It was this benefit that was taxed.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced  in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that he was withdrawing the tax. It seems Prime Minister Narendra Modi had prodded him to fall in line.