Drug usage, Babri Masjid and Local Self-Government; ruling and opposition sects giving and taking blows in Assembly

Some of the members who participated in the discussion brought up the bar and bribe maybe because the Excise Department was also involved in the request for funds. However, keeping aside a political speech, CPM member U Prathibha's speech pointed to the horrors of drug addiction. She brought the attention of the assembly to the violence against an old woman that happened a few days ago in her constituency (Kayamkulam).

"Our youths are not bad. They have enough skills and knowledge. However, when some unwanted substances reach their bodies, they slip into trouble. Treatment on the skin level is not enough for this. The situation is such that one can get bail if the intoxicant he possesses is less than 1 kg. This can only be solved if the central law is amended," she pointed out.

CPM member KP Kunhammadkutty initiated the discussion by targeting the League. He alleged that the Congress was the party that helped the RSS to demolish the Babri Masjid and now the League is praising Rahul. Later, when it was league member TV Ibrahim's turn, he settled this score. Ibrahim asked whether it was not recently that the CPM started calling it Babri Masjid and recalled that EMS used to describe it as a disputed land.

After the blow given by Vazhoor Soman to the Forest Department on Monday, the Local Self-Government Department received a small blow today from Mathew T Thomas. Mathew T Thomas's self-goal came as the opposition tried to hold the government to account for the allocation of funds to the local bodies. He said that the engineering department of the local bodies is not working effectively and the government should intervene. "No point in saying that I am an MLA favouring the ruling party," he made a soliloquy, maybe understanding he made an error.

IB Satish was angered by the news of criticism in CPM district committees. Criticizing the media extremely, he advised them to stop the trend of creating news that causes disheartenment.