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With the section assemblage elections astir the corner, Kerala has erstwhile again slipped into its favourite pre-poll pastime: governmental gymnastics. Leaders are vaulting crossed enactment lines with the assurance of circus veterans, each hoping to instrumentality the cleanable landing, preferably onto a winnable seat.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist), Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) person each witnessed their stock of astonishment arrivals, melodramatic exits and mid-air somersaults. But among the season’s galore flip-flops, 1 antheral has pulled disconnected a manoeuvre truthful unexpected that it has instantly qualified arsenic the year’s funniest governmental U-turn.
Let america get to cognize Akhil Omanakuttan, a Youth Congress person from Pathanamthitta, whose one-week governmental escapade tin champion beryllium described arsenic a sprint done the revolving doorway of Kerala politics. One crook in, 1 crook out, each earlier anyone could blink.
Akhil’s version
Akhil present firmly maintains that helium ne'er joined the BJP, contempt a photograph doing the rounds that shows him smiling politely with a saffron shawl draped neatly astir his shoulders. According to him, the full saga began innocently. On November 19, aft taking his parent for a aesculapian test, helium offered a person a speedy assistance to Pandalam, lone to beryllium driven consecutive into a gathering of ‘acquaintances’ who, arsenic destiny would person it, each turned retired to beryllium BJP workers.
Then came the infinitesimal that has present sparked a 1000 memes.
“In a amusive moment, idiosyncratic placed a BJP shawl connected maine and clicked a photo. I thought it was conscionable a joke,” helium says. But the gag grew legs. Within hours, tv channels and mobile phones crossed Kerala were flashing headlines of his ‘entry’ into the BJP.
Akhil says that was erstwhile helium ‘realised the deceit down it.’
“I ne'er resigned from my organisation, nor did I instrumentality the BJP membership,” helium insists. “I stay a Youth Congress worker, conscionable arsenic I ever have.”
He has since accused sections of media of amplifying a smear run and has publically apologised for what helium calls his ‘careless moment.’ For now, Akhil is backmost successful the Congress fold, minus the shawl.
