Now my confusion and questions gone....:) It's Hartal in Kerala on Monday. Ruling party has declared it. It's the same party and CM which was not willing to give 2 or 3 hours for Atham preparation for Onam celebrations during Office hours. They asked employees to do Pookkalam after office time if they want so. The same government has declared Harthal on Monday, and no government offices will function for one full day. Real comedy. I am not sure if it will be a nationwide Harthal on Monday.
I would like to add a few more points here.
Through the facebook pages and media news, I feel that the state which opposes PM's Demonetization most is India's most literate state, state with good standard of living, not a clear line between rich and poor and almost half the population belonging to middle class. Some posts in fb and trolls really shocks me, as they belong to literate and responsible citizens, who want India to develop, but not willing to wait in queues. Most of them are worry why only poor men in queue.
Two days back, Mohanlal who shattered all box office records of Malayalam cinema in the recent times, made a post supporting Modi move. I wonder why, now every Modi haters have left him and fall as prey on this great actor, who expressed his positive views on the move. When he asked, if we are willing to stand in long queues before temples, why not before banks. It didn't go well with many, and it's well reflected in social media. Is it intolerance? I have not read anywhere so about Bollywood actors who supported the move.
I thought a lot and answer is so easy. Kerala is now ruling by CPI (M) and opposition party is Congress. BJP has just opened their account in Kerala. When ruling and opposition stand together against the move, what Modi supporters can do here? That's the huge reason of Hungama here. The current picture of Kerala is entirely different from other parts of the country.
Today a great breaking news in Kerala. It's not related to politics or Demonetization. A celebrated wedding of the most celebrated onscreen couple of Malayalam of the past 18 years, super star Dileep and Kavya Madhavan. Both are divorced and there were rumours of their relationship since early 2000s. There were speculations their first marriages too broke because of this reason. Dileep's wife Manju was the most celebrated female star when they hitched and got married in 1999. Today morning only just a couple of hours before marriage, Dileep posted about his marriage.
Now see, now channels are filled with colourful stories of their relationship and marriage, no worries of common man in queue!!!! It's more surprising news than sudden ban of higher currencies. That's it, media just want some entertaining news to fill prime hours, and full attention has gone to the sudden flash news. Now media will celebrate it for next one week and 'Modi and Demonetization supporters can take rest for a while'. I just wonder, if this marriage has happened yesterday, perhaps Harthal would not have been announced on Monday. Whole spot light would have gone to film stars than politicians. How pathetic the condition of our media is!!!!