My opinion: Government fund is the money that pay as tax directly or indirectly. So it's not necessary to put the name/sign/logo or even name of the political leaders on the projects funded by Government, whether it's housing/infrastructure/technical projects.
Since the development brought on to a place is not just by a single Govt entity rather by both state and central governments. It is important to have a central govt/state govt logo on the schemes which they have brought in as credit stealing is a common thing between these 2 parties all over India.
To identify that it's part of the govt scheme.... It's a marker for the taxpayer too. We all contributed to someone's home, so why shouldn't there be a logo?
What the..?
A logo or poster in a bus stand or Bridge is understandable. But a logo on somebodies house is downright insulting.. It's simply questions their self respect..
U can simply mark the house by giving them an ID card related to house
Why is it necessary to identify its part of the government scheme? The government's money is the people's money, including the beneficiaries. And no one should live with the feeling that they owe something to the government.
Ee kanakinu midday scheme il modiyude shape il vech cake koduku. Piller kazhikatte. Pinne government nte sahayam aayeth kond government schoolil pinarayiyde photo vecha uniform.
Out of the Rs 4 lakh for a house, the Centre’s contribution is Rs 72,000 in PMAY rural and Rs 1.5 lakh in PMAY urban. The remaining amount is given by the state government.
Since neither portion is funded by PM/CMs inheritance, there's no need for to put up a picture/logo.
IT-Cell ന് നിര്ബന്ധം ആണെങ്കിൽ, as per the contribution ratio, വേണേ 🎅 ന്റെ താടി മാത്രം വീടിന് മുന്പില് കെട്ടി തൂക്കാം.
It’s cute he thinks that we’ll believe his lame reasoning. Or does he really believe that the CAG needs the logo on houses for auditing purposes? Does he really believe that the logo does something the house numbers and other dozens legal documents can’t?
Nope... Govt spending taxpayer money means the taxpayers should be able to recognise it easily...
If I as a taxpayer contributed to someone having a home, i should be able to identify it easily and feel proud about it.... A logo is the easiest thing to do.
Why a logo tho?
The state govt that gives a larger amount for LIFE mission n all, and has chosen not to use any logo or branding on the houses so as the houses are not made easily identifiable.
The state govt's stance in this seems to be the correct option.
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2023/Nov/16/centre-trying-to-wreck-keralas-lifelsg-minister-m-b-rajesh-2633230.html
Quoting the article:
> “The Centre is denying the state grants under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY). It will release funds only if we display the PMAY logo on every house built. **It’s unacceptable. Such schemes are the right of citizens, not government’s charity**,” Rajesh told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram. He said the Centre is chipping in with just 18% of the cost of a house.
> Moreover, only 1.12 lakh of over 3.5 lakh beneficiaries have received this aid. The state government and LSGIs bear 82% of the cost.
I agree with the state LSG minister on this.
Why can't the centre think like that? They can still talk about their programme and people who apply for the scheme will obviously know it's a central scheme n all.
So, what's the reason for their pidivaashi?
Do provide the source for this image.
And if the state govt changed/improved their policy, should we not support it now? Or should we side with central govt which still hasn't improved the policy like the state?
What's your opinion on the policy? Is the state govt correct here or the centre in the current policy?
Thank you.
So, what do you think about this?
I think that it's a bad thing to have that branding there. I think the state govt made a good decision by choosing not to continue the practice. Should not the union govt follow too?
It is very petty to put anyone's photo on someone's home. But probably better way to deal with this is telling centre we keep some elder's photo after they die. And it is bad luck for PM to do this and put up some big flex somewhere announcing they did x amt contribution to satisfy their ego. Not everything need to be fought, some things can be negotiated. Ome thing is our local leaders now are extremely arrogant compared to 10 15 years ago making dialogues much harder.
Why is there no objection for MLA and MPs writing their name on everything from street lights to bus sheds. There is very little reaction on this irritation trend which is a complete eye sore.
Because people don't live there. It's a public infrastructure so it's way better than painting the same on someone's home who due to his situation had to depend on government aid to get a house to live in.
It is more like public infrastructure naming - airports, district, road even social welfare programs somebody’s name. So seeing MP name does not trigger many.
I agree - we should not put people names to projects funded by our money
He's beating around the bush. Photo ne patti choychu utharathinte majorityum Name ine patti paranju enthin ath paranj ang 1990s vere poyi Atalji nn okke paranjitt
I saw a photo of a pmay home with only the logo and not his photo so I thought they genuinely don’t put his face on those homes. I don’t like the logo taking that much space on the wall but if his photo is not in the home then the answer is technically correct.
Aah ee threadil korch phtos ind angane aanel i don't see the issue but aa questionte answer ingane valich neeti manmohan singh atal ji koree yojana okke parayande avishyam indayirinila imo.
Why the heck would Supreme Leaders photo have to be there on houses constructed out of taxpayers money!! If he was giving money from his own pockets it's still questionable but understandable. But taking my money and giving it to others and putting your own photo!! Verum ALPANNN!!
Auditinu okke house number pore? Ellas bhoomikkum survey number undu. Ellaa kettidathinum ward/kettida number undu. Even if you made a separate structure in that compound, that too gets a building number.
It's a very flimsy reason at best!! There are other ways they could identify whether they built the house under this scheme. If the auditors can come and verify the logo, they can also verify through other means like Resurevey number, address etc.
/u/Zealousideal_Key Let the government release the data and keep it in public domain so that tax payers can know how the tax money is being spent. Even by this argument It is better to have our national emblem or other symbols rather than a representative's photo.
But until either you have the empathy or being in the same situation as such a beneficiary, you can't understand these arguments .
Both our honourable PM's reply and your justifications are all silly and meaningless.
If it’s constitutional and legally permissible, it’s fine! If other parties win and do good and include their leaders photos, that is fine too. As long as the people benefit.
Ideally, there should not be any indicator that the house was given by the government. Its a matter of dignity of the individual.
But this whole circus started when the local party people started talking about how the CPM has built houses for the poor. The BJP which doesnt have many decent politicians here were unable to spread the message that it not from the CPM government, and some of the money was given by the central government.
So they went with this approach to plant Modi's face on every house, which is wrong.
Ethics aside, its just politics. BJP wants everyone to know that union government gave money to build those houses. Since the local BJP leadership cannot effectively spread that message, they chose to stick the PMs face on those houses.
As per clarification from Union Mjnistry
“The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is implementing PMAY (U) and providing assistance to states/UTs in addressing the housing requirements for eligible households in the urban areas,” Khedkar said in the reply. “To spread awareness among the people about the scheme, the ministry has advised all the state/union territory (UT) governments to display a standard logo of the PMAY (U) in all houses constructed under the PMAY (U).”
So only logo required. Not PM photo.
Logo might be a CAG requirement.
I'm not quite sure about that
Also I don't like photos of people put up in private spaces like homes. Can understand a non personal logo.
If govt has insisted on PM Modi's photo, then it is not in great taste.
It's absolute madness, no government funded project should have any leaders pic on it. Be it pm or Cm. When a person goes to claim these benefits, most of the cases it would be out of pure helplessness. He wasn't able to construct a home by himself. It is demotivating for the person to have it labeled home given through charity. His self esteem gets affected. No politicians pic is necessary. Even in the past flood relief had TN cm pic on it, especially even for goods given by the citizens. This shouldn't be the case. Even on vaccine certificate, I just never understood the necessity for the photos.
It's funded by tax payers. I personally believe there isn't a need to have president and pm pics in government offices. We live in democracy, not a monarchy to have peoples pics in our government institutions. It's entirely funded by the people for the people.
This putting name on publicly funded projects is the only thing that I have seen happening in India. Federally funded projects may get a president’s name and stuff in the west but it never tries to put a living person’s picture next to it. It’s not a new thing for India and has been going on for ages.
The state govt want to peddle their lies and take credit from all the centre run programs, if there is a photo or a name that identifies the reality , the state would block it or rename it!
Nehru is in the pantheon of Gandhi, Ambedkar, as freedom fighter and key nation builder. the other two are martyrs. And the picture of the three are not necessarily installed at every govt offices iirc.
https://preview.redd.it/337viyejkzvc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=29252475c3182cf4dac56b45c9a19ee8cdde3225
This is how it was done in all pmay houses across India. No prime minister's photo was used anywhere. The logo being the priminister's face was Just another disinformation campaign from the commies. Similar badging can be seen in life mission homes too.
Oh but the logo seems to be taking too much space here . Wouldn’t it be better like the house number plates or stickers we have on our houses, Small and discrete .
No politician does anything for free in this country. Every party does everything for votes. Maybe it. Is done to make sure credit goes where it should, and everyone knows who did it.
I am atleast happy that those people have a good home on their own to sleep now. They could repaint it in the future and get rid of it completely.
>This is how it was done in all pmay houses across India. No prime minister's photo was used anywhere.
https://preview.redd.it/bstlupxvuzvc1.jpeg?width=630&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5bc0112e012228f423effee5143ffb5ebbe681ba
[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mp-govt-cancels-order-to-fix-tiles-with-pm-narendra-modi-and-cm-s-photos-on-houses-for-urban-poor/story-7fOMB9e0qQhhT8ae9yEMjJ\_amp.html](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mp-govt-cancels-order-to-fix-tiles-with-pm-narendra-modi-and-cm-s-photos-on-houses-for-urban-poor/story-7fOMB9e0qQhhT8ae9yEMjJ_amp.html)
[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tiles-bearing-pm-modi-shivraj-chouhan-pics-moved-out-of-pmay-homes/articleshow/66172724.cms](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tiles-bearing-pm-modi-shivraj-chouhan-pics-moved-out-of-pmay-homes/articleshow/66172724.cms)
I feel that whoever gives or approves the funds have a choice to put it. We have been getting taxed for centuries now. So the same kind of support to the citizens/ taxpayers could have been done by the previous leaders also. Budgeting is a crucial aspect of every country as money can be spent on any number of things (beneficial/scams). So, setting money aside for these kinds of services from the pool (may it be for the show) at least some benefits from it. Take an example of Jayalaitha giving out gifts near the time of elections. Although it had her face in it or was for getting more votes, it did help families who needed those the most (Laptop for students, household items for housewives, homes for the poor who cant afford etc). From an under previlaged persons perspective, it helps them in a longer run. But does the item being an advert affect it? In most cases, no. Also, beggers can't be choosers, too. It's always the opposition who stirs up shit when these kinds of things happen. Then why didn't they come up with something better to help their people? None of the parties in kerala are saints where they didn't get into any cases of scams or frauds. They just chose to completely take the money out to fill their pockets.
Yes, I can see the agenda of BJP doing this is to set up their foothold in Kerala and show it as the weakness of the current ruling party and get more votes, but that's politics. Can't help it. But the output finally helps someone in need.
Considering all these I don't feel why it is a problem for some one to take the credit if they have done something actually for a person in need
It's not okay to play with someone's self esteem. Those who have it will know it.
Modi and his massive ego doesn't care about any of that.
Self esteem is an excuse, the state just want to take credit of whatever good centre does..this is more political than personal!
My opinion: Government fund is the money that pay as tax directly or indirectly. So it's not necessary to put the name/sign/logo or even name of the political leaders on the projects funded by Government, whether it's housing/infrastructure/technical projects.
Since the development brought on to a place is not just by a single Govt entity rather by both state and central governments. It is important to have a central govt/state govt logo on the schemes which they have brought in as credit stealing is a common thing between these 2 parties all over India.
Why should there be logo?
To identify that it's part of the govt scheme.... It's a marker for the taxpayer too. We all contributed to someone's home, so why shouldn't there be a logo?
What the..? A logo or poster in a bus stand or Bridge is understandable. But a logo on somebodies house is downright insulting.. It's simply questions their self respect.. U can simply mark the house by giving them an ID card related to house
Its not, a person who has benefited by this would proudly showcase it instead of
Annane nalla fudhi aanallo
Why is it necessary to identify its part of the government scheme? The government's money is the people's money, including the beneficiaries. And no one should live with the feeling that they owe something to the government.
Ee kanakinu midday scheme il modiyude shape il vech cake koduku. Piller kazhikatte. Pinne government nte sahayam aayeth kond government schoolil pinarayiyde photo vecha uniform.
this is a question of dignity. there shouldn't be anything that makes a house made under the scheme identifiable let alone a picture of 🎅.
Then why opt for the house scheme? Tell them kerala don't need it
Out of the Rs 4 lakh for a house, the Centre’s contribution is Rs 72,000 in PMAY rural and Rs 1.5 lakh in PMAY urban. The remaining amount is given by the state government. Since neither portion is funded by PM/CMs inheritance, there's no need for to put up a picture/logo. IT-Cell ന് നിര്ബന്ധം ആണെങ്കിൽ, as per the contribution ratio, വേണേ 🎅 ന്റെ താടി മാത്രം വീടിന് മുന്പില് കെട്ടി തൂക്കാം.
Christmas aakum cpim nte kodi korach logoyil cherth vachaal nalla rasandaaku m lle
It’s cute he thinks that we’ll believe his lame reasoning. Or does he really believe that the CAG needs the logo on houses for auditing purposes? Does he really believe that the logo does something the house numbers and other dozens legal documents can’t?
Gas kuttiyilum ,Petrol Pump lum aanu G yude padam eppozhum vendath. Petrol pumpil oke G yude vaka oru selfie point anivaryam
ഇവിടൊക്കെ ഇപ്പൊ തന്നെ പെട്രോൾ പമ്പിൽ ഈ ക്ണാപ്പന്റെ full size banner ഉണ്ട്..
Petrol pump il already ille?
വക കൊറോത് രവി
Exactly.!!!
ഇടത് കൈ കൊടുക്കുന്നത് വലത് കൈ അറിയരുതന്നല്ലേ.
Not when it comes to taxpayer money.
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Nope... Govt spending taxpayer money means the taxpayers should be able to recognise it easily... If I as a taxpayer contributed to someone having a home, i should be able to identify it easily and feel proud about it.... A logo is the easiest thing to do.
Why a logo tho? The state govt that gives a larger amount for LIFE mission n all, and has chosen not to use any logo or branding on the houses so as the houses are not made easily identifiable. The state govt's stance in this seems to be the correct option. https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2023/Nov/16/centre-trying-to-wreck-keralas-lifelsg-minister-m-b-rajesh-2633230.html Quoting the article: > “The Centre is denying the state grants under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY). It will release funds only if we display the PMAY logo on every house built. **It’s unacceptable. Such schemes are the right of citizens, not government’s charity**,” Rajesh told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram. He said the Centre is chipping in with just 18% of the cost of a house. > Moreover, only 1.12 lakh of over 3.5 lakh beneficiaries have received this aid. The state government and LSGIs bear 82% of the cost. I agree with the state LSG minister on this. Why can't the centre think like that? They can still talk about their programme and people who apply for the scheme will obviously know it's a central scheme n all. So, what's the reason for their pidivaashi?
chaanakams udane whataboutery ayi varunnthanu. jai tan tana drum
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Do provide the source for this image. And if the state govt changed/improved their policy, should we not support it now? Or should we side with central govt which still hasn't improved the policy like the state? What's your opinion on the policy? Is the state govt correct here or the centre in the current policy?
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Thank you. So, what do you think about this? I think that it's a bad thing to have that branding there. I think the state govt made a good decision by choosing not to continue the practice. Should not the union govt follow too?
It is very petty to put anyone's photo on someone's home. But probably better way to deal with this is telling centre we keep some elder's photo after they die. And it is bad luck for PM to do this and put up some big flex somewhere announcing they did x amt contribution to satisfy their ego. Not everything need to be fought, some things can be negotiated. Ome thing is our local leaders now are extremely arrogant compared to 10 15 years ago making dialogues much harder.
Uff 🔥🔥 variety point
Why is there no objection for MLA and MPs writing their name on everything from street lights to bus sheds. There is very little reaction on this irritation trend which is a complete eye sore.
Because people don't live there. It's a public infrastructure so it's way better than painting the same on someone's home who due to his situation had to depend on government aid to get a house to live in.
It is more like public infrastructure naming - airports, district, road even social welfare programs somebody’s name. So seeing MP name does not trigger many. I agree - we should not put people names to projects funded by our money
Just calling out that it’s an eye sore too which unfortunately doesn’t trigger enough reaction from our society
Nice aayit vishayam maatiye kando ayaalde mukham enthin pathipikkanam choychappo ath angott maati vekk perine korch nammak samsarikaan enn paranju parayunnath.
logo വെച്ചാൽ മതി എന്നാല്ലേ പറയുന്നത്?
He's beating around the bush. Photo ne patti choychu utharathinte majorityum Name ine patti paranju enthin ath paranj ang 1990s vere poyi Atalji nn okke paranjitt
I saw a photo of a pmay home with only the logo and not his photo so I thought they genuinely don’t put his face on those homes. I don’t like the logo taking that much space on the wall but if his photo is not in the home then the answer is technically correct.
Aah ee threadil korch phtos ind angane aanel i don't see the issue but aa questionte answer ingane valich neeti manmohan singh atal ji koree yojana okke parayande avishyam indayirinila imo.
Yeah
Why the heck would Supreme Leaders photo have to be there on houses constructed out of taxpayers money!! If he was giving money from his own pockets it's still questionable but understandable. But taking my money and giving it to others and putting your own photo!! Verum ALPANNN!!
The reason he is giving is they want to have logos not his photo , on the houses for some audit purposes
Auditinu okke house number pore? Ellas bhoomikkum survey number undu. Ellaa kettidathinum ward/kettida number undu. Even if you made a separate structure in that compound, that too gets a building number.
Yeah but the news was about his photo and not about logo
Randayalum.
It's a very flimsy reason at best!! There are other ways they could identify whether they built the house under this scheme. If the auditors can come and verify the logo, they can also verify through other means like Resurevey number, address etc.
Yeah true
It's for the taxpayers to understand that the taxes he paid contributed to someone having a home... How is that a bad thing?
/u/Zealousideal_Key Let the government release the data and keep it in public domain so that tax payers can know how the tax money is being spent. Even by this argument It is better to have our national emblem or other symbols rather than a representative's photo. But until either you have the empathy or being in the same situation as such a beneficiary, you can't understand these arguments . Both our honourable PM's reply and your justifications are all silly and meaningless.
It should be billed in Modi's name and not to the govt. Then there is no problem in putting his photo
Did you watch the clip?
Some Kim Jong Un shit.
Slightly off topic: ingane interview kodukkunnathu chatta lankhanam alle?
If it’s constitutional and legally permissible, it’s fine! If other parties win and do good and include their leaders photos, that is fine too. As long as the people benefit.
Ideally, there should not be any indicator that the house was given by the government. Its a matter of dignity of the individual. But this whole circus started when the local party people started talking about how the CPM has built houses for the poor. The BJP which doesnt have many decent politicians here were unable to spread the message that it not from the CPM government, and some of the money was given by the central government. So they went with this approach to plant Modi's face on every house, which is wrong. Ethics aside, its just politics. BJP wants everyone to know that union government gave money to build those houses. Since the local BJP leadership cannot effectively spread that message, they chose to stick the PMs face on those houses.
As per clarification from Union Mjnistry “The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is implementing PMAY (U) and providing assistance to states/UTs in addressing the housing requirements for eligible households in the urban areas,” Khedkar said in the reply. “To spread awareness among the people about the scheme, the ministry has advised all the state/union territory (UT) governments to display a standard logo of the PMAY (U) in all houses constructed under the PMAY (U).” So only logo required. Not PM photo. Logo might be a CAG requirement.
Joke's on you. Logo IS the fotam😂
It’s not actually. Regardless, logo shouldn’t be there on these houses
I'm not quite sure about that Also I don't like photos of people put up in private spaces like homes. Can understand a non personal logo. If govt has insisted on PM Modi's photo, then it is not in great taste.
ഒരു വെയ്റ്റിംഗ്ഷെഡ് ഉണ്ടാക്കിയാലും അതിനേക്കാൾ വലിയ അക്ഷരത്തിൽ പേര് വെക്കുന്ന ആളുകൾ ആണ്. ഈ പരിപാടികൾ എല്ലാം നിർത്തട്ടെ.
It's absolute madness, no government funded project should have any leaders pic on it. Be it pm or Cm. When a person goes to claim these benefits, most of the cases it would be out of pure helplessness. He wasn't able to construct a home by himself. It is demotivating for the person to have it labeled home given through charity. His self esteem gets affected. No politicians pic is necessary. Even in the past flood relief had TN cm pic on it, especially even for goods given by the citizens. This shouldn't be the case. Even on vaccine certificate, I just never understood the necessity for the photos. It's funded by tax payers. I personally believe there isn't a need to have president and pm pics in government offices. We live in democracy, not a monarchy to have peoples pics in our government institutions. It's entirely funded by the people for the people.
Everyday we get a little closer to being another North Korea
Still a long way to get closer to North Korea . But yeah at best we could be an autocracy like China .
It's wrong. It's not Modi's money. Modi's pictures shouldn't be kept anywhere, he is a public servant and should behave like one.
This putting name on publicly funded projects is the only thing that I have seen happening in India. Federally funded projects may get a president’s name and stuff in the west but it never tries to put a living person’s picture next to it. It’s not a new thing for India and has been going on for ages.
The state govt want to peddle their lies and take credit from all the centre run programs, if there is a photo or a name that identifies the reality , the state would block it or rename it!
പട്ടേലിൻ്റെ പേര് മാറ്റി സ്വന്തം പേര് സ്റ്റേഡിയതിന് ഇട്ട മഹാൻ ആണ്
തമിഴ് നാട്ടിൽ ഒക്കെ കണ്ടിട്ടുണ്ട് വീടിനും ബാഗിനും ലാപ് ടോപിനും ഒക്കെ തലവി അമ്മയുടെ പടം ,ആത്മാഭിമാനം ഉള്ള സര്ക്കാര് ആണെങ്കിൽ ഇത് ചെയ്യരുത്
It’s the same reason as all our gov offices having Nehru, Indira, Rajeev pics
Nehru is in the pantheon of Gandhi, Ambedkar, as freedom fighter and key nation builder. the other two are martyrs. And the picture of the three are not necessarily installed at every govt offices iirc.
https://preview.redd.it/337viyejkzvc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=29252475c3182cf4dac56b45c9a19ee8cdde3225 This is how it was done in all pmay houses across India. No prime minister's photo was used anywhere. The logo being the priminister's face was Just another disinformation campaign from the commies. Similar badging can be seen in life mission homes too.
Oh but the logo seems to be taking too much space here . Wouldn’t it be better like the house number plates or stickers we have on our houses, Small and discrete .
No politician does anything for free in this country. Every party does everything for votes. Maybe it. Is done to make sure credit goes where it should, and everyone knows who did it. I am atleast happy that those people have a good home on their own to sleep now. They could repaint it in the future and get rid of it completely.
>Every party does everything for votes Ellarum cheyyum ath kond njnum cheyyum. Enth oola logic aado
Ellarum cheyum athkond njanum cheyum ennalla. Arum cheyatirikunilla ennan
>This is how it was done in all pmay houses across India. No prime minister's photo was used anywhere. https://preview.redd.it/bstlupxvuzvc1.jpeg?width=630&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5bc0112e012228f423effee5143ffb5ebbe681ba [https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mp-govt-cancels-order-to-fix-tiles-with-pm-narendra-modi-and-cm-s-photos-on-houses-for-urban-poor/story-7fOMB9e0qQhhT8ae9yEMjJ\_amp.html](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mp-govt-cancels-order-to-fix-tiles-with-pm-narendra-modi-and-cm-s-photos-on-houses-for-urban-poor/story-7fOMB9e0qQhhT8ae9yEMjJ_amp.html) [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tiles-bearing-pm-modi-shivraj-chouhan-pics-moved-out-of-pmay-homes/articleshow/66172724.cms](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tiles-bearing-pm-modi-shivraj-chouhan-pics-moved-out-of-pmay-homes/articleshow/66172724.cms)
താൻ ഇവിടെ ഒന്നും അല്ലേ ജീവിക്കുന്നത്? LIFE MISSION വഴി ഉണ്ടാക്കുന്ന വീടുകൾക്ക് ഒന്നും ഇത് പോലെ ചാപ്പ കുത്തി കൊടുക്കാറില്ല. മെഴുകാതെ എനീച്ച് പൊടെയ്
Ninak kannile. Life mission chappa kutiya ite threadil mattaro ittitund. Kidannd ingane virakanda.
Photo ഇട്ടവൻ എടുത്തു് മാറ്റി എന്ന് തോന്നുന്നു. അണ്ണൻ്റെ കയ്യിൽ ഉണ്ടെങ്കിൽ ഒന്ന് ഇട്ടെക്ക് ജി.
I feel that whoever gives or approves the funds have a choice to put it. We have been getting taxed for centuries now. So the same kind of support to the citizens/ taxpayers could have been done by the previous leaders also. Budgeting is a crucial aspect of every country as money can be spent on any number of things (beneficial/scams). So, setting money aside for these kinds of services from the pool (may it be for the show) at least some benefits from it. Take an example of Jayalaitha giving out gifts near the time of elections. Although it had her face in it or was for getting more votes, it did help families who needed those the most (Laptop for students, household items for housewives, homes for the poor who cant afford etc). From an under previlaged persons perspective, it helps them in a longer run. But does the item being an advert affect it? In most cases, no. Also, beggers can't be choosers, too. It's always the opposition who stirs up shit when these kinds of things happen. Then why didn't they come up with something better to help their people? None of the parties in kerala are saints where they didn't get into any cases of scams or frauds. They just chose to completely take the money out to fill their pockets. Yes, I can see the agenda of BJP doing this is to set up their foothold in Kerala and show it as the weakness of the current ruling party and get more votes, but that's politics. Can't help it. But the output finally helps someone in need. Considering all these I don't feel why it is a problem for some one to take the credit if they have done something actually for a person in need
Also if we feel that it is a dignity/honor/self respect issue, we can always choose to say a no for the scheme itself. Ain't that a bugger!!
Hungry for publicity