Oommen Chandy: The Simple Chief Minister with Unforgettable Stories

2023-07-18 07:34:17

# PT Chacko 18 July 2023, 01:04 PM IST Vara – Mathrubhumi

ThatHe was the Chief Minister who ruled Kerala without even owning a keypad phone at a time when people were posting and sharing on WhatsApp and Facebook. Some of the Kunjunu stories about Puthupalli’s Kununjun called Oommen Chandy

Can you give me the President’s number? Oommen Chandy

Once the President visits Kerala. The Chief Minister always accompanies the President and the Prime Minister. On that day, the Chief Minister along with the President was going to Kottayam by helicopter.
Someone from Puthupally calls the PA.
Hello… are you with CM? ”
“No”
“Who’s with you?”
“President…”
“Is there only a president?”
‘Yes’
‘But can you give me the President’s number?’
This was the situation when he was the leader of the opposition and when he was the chief minister. Call the office staff, personal staff and gunman numbers to get Oommen Chandy on the other side. But sometimes it doesn’t. The phone will be engaged.

The seat itself was given to the child

Oommen Chandy, who doesn’t own a phone, doesn’t comb his hair, and travels only in economy class, can’t be told many adjectives. Once Oommen Chandy was returning to Kerala from Delhi. Travel in economy class. In the next seat is a young woman and a child. The air hostess asked Oommen Chandy if she could adjust the seat to accommodate the child. Isn’t Oommen Chandy the man…, he gave away his own seat. With this, the air hostess gave him the back seat.

It was then that one of the passengers informed the air hostess that you had left the Chief Minister of Kerala behind. The angry air hostess immediately came back and apologized. Oommen Chandy had already fallen asleep even though he requested to sit in the front seat.

A pinch on the thigh of a sleeping baby

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AICC in-charge of any other state, be it Chief Minister. As for the general secretary, Oommen Chandiary will be until a buffalo is caught in Puthupally. want to know Oommen Chandy’s connection with the country is so deep. It is not wrong to say that the locals have a relationship with Oommen Chandy. Once a policy decision regarding this was taken at the party meeting in Puthupally constituency itself.

People regularly go straight to see the Chief Minister to get things done. This angered the constituency officials. There was a general assessment in the meeting that the party would not be of any benefit in the constituency by making things possible directly through the chief minister.

That’s right. People should be able to walk to the Chief Minister through the party. That way the party will grow only in Varumba. Here the CM is so simple that people can’t be bothered. You will see the Chief Minister straight away. Need is possible. enough A meeting of freshmen!

Once someone came at midnight and was complaining. Oommen Chandy, who came tired after several programs, fell asleep while listening to the complaint. The complainant continued to complain by knocking and knocking. He fell asleep again and did not look at anything. Gave, a pinch on Oommen Chandy’s thigh! Oommen Chandy jumped up. Complainant’s grievance was redressed.

It was said that Oommen Chandy, who understood the sentiments of the constituency leadership, decided that the constituency presidents should come through for all purposes from now on. Then the next call. One of the people who made the decision yesterday is calling. The Chief Minister should immediately intervene in an issue. The Chief Minister recalled yesterday’s decision. Then the reply from the other side: Will it work if you say that… Is it an urgent matter… Calling the president and not picking up the phone. Can we do it…

He even bought Horlicks in Oommen Chandy’s name

Oommen Chandy said to the person who informed the chief minister that the cow had caught the buffalo in the constituency: ‘Where is he? Do not go near buffalo. dangerous Be very careful. You have to change.’
‘It’s okay, sir, I’m on top of a tree.. If I stay here, I can see everything. Good range too. Let me know if you have any questions.

It is Oommen Chandy’s habit of providing medicine and financial assistance to the poor patients who come home. The medicine is given with the help of a medical shop in Kottayam. There are people who have even bought Horlicks saying that they have been told to eat special Oommen Chandy here.

Go to Gujarat and shine the light

The 75th anniversary of the Dandi March is being celebrated under the auspices of the AICC. A.K from Kerala Antony, Vayalar Ravi and others are with the Chief Minister. Travel through the villages of Gujarat in the scorching sun. While resting in the shade of a tree, he saw some poor women and children standing there. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy asked Shanimol Usman, who had conducted an investigation with them, to ask what their problems were. Oommen Chandy wrote it all down on a piece of paper. Other leaders made fun of him. ‘Umman Chandy… This is Gujarat, not Kerala. But the Chief Minister did not pretend to hear it.

A few days later, there was an announcement from the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation allocating ten lakh rupees for this rural road. Oommen Chandy was a leader who thought that the pains and hardships of human beings were the same whether it was Pudupalli or Gujarat.

Labor Minister, you need people to work in your office and at home

It would be a little curious to know how a man named Oommen Chandy, who spread from Pudupally to the whole of India, was in his own home; right The only constant in Oommen Chandy’s life is the rush. He was a very busy man for his family. Let me tell you a small incident to illustrate the meaning of rush. Oommen Chandy’s wife and son-in-law want the cook appointed by the government to be replaced by another person. Just saying a word to the Chief Minister will solve the problem. But don’t you have time for that… His wife tried several times to express her grievances to the man who came up in the middle of the night and left before dawn but could not. In the end, the wife took that bite without any change. Oommen Chandy was looking at the regular letters that arrived at the office. Suddenly he closed his eyes on a letter. Took it out and read: Honorable Chief Minister, my husband is the Chief Minister. Action should be taken to replace the cook posted at his official residence and appoint someone else- lovingly Maryamma. And needless to say… there was immediate action.

If you see the symptoms, you will be arrested today

His son Chandi Oommen once said that he was able to see his father on a bandh day and until then he was a stranger to him. The said reference was to reminisce about childhood. Oommen Chandy has three children namely Maria, Achu and Chandi Oommen. Oommen Chandy was not around when the three children were born. When the first Kanmani was born, Minister Sushma Swaraj, who was visiting Kerala from Haryana, was busy. KPCC at Ernakulam during the second delivery. Executive meeting. Oommen Chandy was sound asleep at home when the third delivery took place at Cosmo Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram.

There is an interesting incident at a marriage house in Kozhikode. It is the wedding of a Congress worker. At that time, the Chief Minister did not miss a single wedding. The special branch and the police came and inspected the wedding house in anticipation of the arrival of the Chief Minister. When the police came and checked two or three times, the neighbor had a doubt: ‘There were good opinions about Chekan. But it seems that he will be arrested today after seeing the symptoms!’

The solution is to open the window

It is known that there was no time when Oommen Chandy was away from the crowd. Even when he was Chief Minister, he used to visit Pudupally at least once a week. That’s how covid came. With that, he could not reach Pudupally. Oommen Chandy is worried. But there are new students leaving. Called and complained. Call after call with those who are stuck and unable to come home, those who are in quarantine and those who are stuck in lockdown. Oommen Chandy was in the capital and proposed solutions to the burning problems of everyone.

Health deteriorated after covid. With that, it became impossible to go down among the people. But he did not keep the people out. He opened the window of the house and heard the problems of the people through it.

What was the factor that led Oommen Chandy to reach such heights of simplicity and sympathetic love? The teacher who taught Oommen Chandy will answer that: “Once when the copper that was left out after cooking the rice was stolen, what did Kunjun’s mother say, aren’t there so many people?” Let’s take it.” A child who grew up seeing that generous spirit can’t change his way. Ever since the first election, Oommen Chandy held this teacher’s hand and went to the next school to vote. His sister and the late V.J. of Puthupally Manalum said that his little one could not walk away from such habits. Mathew’s wife Valsamma Mathew says.

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