In asking the youthful Communications Minister Shri Maran to put in his papers the politically potent DMK Supremo Kalaingar Karunanidhi stands dwarfed before the politically orphaned Maran. Mr. Maran has lost not only the minister-ship but also his bright future in Dravida politics. A promising political future seems to have been cut short unmercifully primarily due to political envy and his increasing political clout at the centre. Apart from the son-daughter duo of Karunanidhi even the senior DMK leaders were unable to stomach the “undue” importance he has been receiving as the Man Friday of Karunanidhi in
Dravida Parties. For Maran, It will be politically very difficult to survive once the Kalaingar has expressed his preference for his children to the nephew. The political observers are curious to know if Jayalalithaa will show political savvy to roll a red-carpet welcome for Maran who has been demonstrating political expediency par excellence in for quite some time.
As minister, the performance of Mr. Maran will be remembered for a long time to come. He has displayed that with novel plans the Indian Telecommunication Sector can deliver the goods to the envy of the entire world. Who other than Mr. Maran could have imagined an STD call for a mere one rupee from the state-run BSNL? He had the managerial guts to reduce drastically, if not to naught, the roaming charges, which is now the major revenue source of the Telecom Majors. One important achievement the entire media had missed about Mr. Maran is his sparkling contributions towards Indianisation of the open source software in Indian Languages during the last three years. Adieu Mr. Maran.
2 comments:
In my opinion it is too early to write a political obituary of Mr. Maran. In all probability he will bounce back given the dearth of meaningful politicians with some vision.
It will be wrong in my opinion to say that he is a political widow of Karunanidhi who is a fast setting Sun on the political horizon. The sqauabbling between his children to grab what they can is sufficient to arrive at this conclusion.
Sweet are the fruits of adversity. A wounded soldier is more powerful than an unhurt captain. This is only a turning point in the political career of Mr. Maran. The likes of Mr. Maran with their high degree of capabilites are in high demand by the political industry in India. However, Mr. Maran does not deserve such high credit for his managerial skills in the running of the State run BSNL or for that matter, for regulating the telecom industry in India.
The customer service in the telecom sector is far below expectation. The 'one rupee STD dialing' is costlier than the normal STD dialing and is inconvenient too. Socialism stays in the Preamble to the Constitution of India. But it is otherwise in the real world of India.
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