Marriage as per CPM rule book

That was the second marriage as per party rule book. The marriage was that of London return Vivek Kiran, son of CPM State secretary, with Deepa. The first of its kind was in May 2008 when Pinarayi’s daughter Veena exchanged garlands to Suneesh. There was no feast; instead a small cup of payasam was served to all those present. Vijayan personally supervised all the arrangements then and insisted that there should be no diversion of traffic that would affect the common man because common man is his top priority. This time too payasam was comrades’ essential dish, but regarding traffic jam common man was sent to corner. Even megastar Mammootty was held up in the traffic block for one hour and he made a big sacrifice by leaving away his Lance cruise car and hired an auto rickshaw to reach the spot to bless the newly wedded.

And more interesting is the cross-section of the guests gathered for the function. All cats and dogs were invited. The first noticeable figure was Kerala CM VS Achuthananadan. And most probably he was the centre attraction next to the couples for obvious reasons. There were also Vellappally Natesan and Gokulam Gopalan, the two stalwarts of Ezhava community untiringly working for the uplift of their community. Oommen Chandy-Chennithala duo, the new incarnation of Karunakaran-K M Chandy duo were also present and any difference for them with Pinarayi is for common man and when they gather around dining table they are birds of the same feather. Nevertheless, the absence of Bishop Joseph Powethil, Andrew Thazhath, A P Abdullakutty, M P Veendrakuamr like ‘disgusting creatures’ was conspicuous.

The CPM asks the cadres to see that marriages ceremonies are held in a simple manner and in Pinarayi’s son’s case it was totally simple. No common man was allowed to travel a lot to reach Pinarayi’s palatial bungalow to witness the marriage. The marriage was arranged advantageously at a convenient spot for common man. The money spent by innumerable invitees for travel and stay to attend the marriage is not all Pinarayi’s money.

JW.