Former Director General of Police Jacob Thomas delivering the keynote tackle at Dr. Ok. Madhavankutty memorial meet at Town Hall in Kozhikode on March 28 (Thursday).
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Kerala witnessed only a Bihar model of growth the place the precedence was given to the wellbeing of the members of the family of those that assumed key positions within the State, former Director General of Police Jacob Thomas has mentioned.
Delivering the keynote tackle at a seminar on ‘Development: Where does Kerala go wrong?’ organised collectively by the Bharatheeya Vichara Kendram and Seva Bharathi in reference to Dr.Ok. Madhavankutty memorial meet, the retired IPS officer mentioned the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidates within the Lok Sabha election fray have been searching for votes highlighting secularism as that they had nothing to talk about growth.
“It was the poverty and corruption in Bihar that took the whole country backward in its happiness index. The situation is almost similar now where corruption and poverty in our State have hit the national index,” mentioned Mr. Thomas. He alleged that the waterway between Mangaluru and Vizhinjam waterway challenge was dropped as there was no scope for any corruption.
Describing resistance to corruption as the essential requirement for growth, Mr. Thomas mentioned the idea of actual growth could possibly be materialised only by making certain all important services for the poor at their arm’s attain. He additionally claimed that the distribution of paddy procurement subsidy for farmers was delayed as a result of of corruption.
State vp of Bharatheeya Vichara Kendram Ok.P. Somarajan presided over the memorial meet. State president C.V. Jayamani delivered Dr. Ok. Madhavankutty memorial lecture. Sevabharathi’s Kozhikode district functionaries have been additionally current.
Dr. Madhavankutty was a freedom fighter and former director of Bharatheeya Vichara Kendram.
After finishing medical schooling from the Stanley Medical College in Chennai, he joined as tutor in the identical school. He was appointed as professor when the Kozhikode Medical College was established in 1957. Later, he grew to become the principal of Kozhikode, Thrissur and Thiruvananthapuram medical schools. He was additionally the chairman of Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Kozhikode.
He had contested the Lok Sabha elections in 1984 from Kozhikode with BJP assist. Again, he fought the Assembly elections in 1991 from Beypore as an Independent supported by each the BJP and the UDF. The unusual political alliance is a degree of debate in political circles even now.