Was upset by Oppn assault regardless of being neutral, recollects ex-Speaker Vakkom
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By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The decision in search of the removing of the Speaker on Thursday marked the third such occasion within the historical past of the state meeting. Similar resolutions have been moved in opposition to A C Jose, in 1982, and later Vakkom Purushothaman, in 2004.
Both resolutions failed.In the newest occasion, when the Opposition moved a decision in opposition to Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan, 92-year-old Vakkom was glued to the tv set at his Kumarapuram dwelling within the capital reminiscing his tryst with the decision introduced out amid a no-holds-barred assault unleashed by the then Opposition Leader V S Achuthanandan.
In 2004, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, the then deputy Opposition chief, had given discover in opposition to Vakkom over his alleged involvement in Congress’ group politics.
Recalling the expertise, Vakkom informed TNIE that, regardless of remaining neutral, he was focused by the then Opposition which left him “a bit disappointed”. “I can always claim that I had ensured that every day the session was dispersed at 1.30pm as against the earlier practice of extending it well into the evening. I stuck to a particular schedule, and when I curtailed their speech time, the leaders learned to present issues within the stipulated time without deviating from the topic,” stated Vakkom, who had additionally served because the Governor of Mizoram and the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
He didn’t want to take sides on the present concern. He nonetheless retains a tab on what is going on in Congress. “I don’t wish to criticise anyone, including the KPCC leadership. If I have got something against these leaders, I call them up and speak my mind,” he added.A C Jose, who was the Speaker throughout 1981 -82, had earned the nick title ‘Always Casting Jose’ as he had exercised his casting vote eight occasions in 80 days to maintain the then Okay Karunakaran authorities in workplace. Jose died in 2016 aged 79.
