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Chandy makes a gold promise

Special Correspondent

Thiruvanchoor can take home a ring if he finishes issue of Idukki title deeds
in a year.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, on Friday, promised a gold ring to Revenue Minister Thiruvanachoor Radhakrishnan if he completes issue of title deeds to all pre-1977 settlers in Idukki district in one year.

Mr. Chandy told mediapersons that during the all-party meeting he had convened to discuss encroachments in and around Munnar, he asked Mr. Radhakrishnan how much time he would need to complete the issue of titles. The Minister had then replied that he could do it in a year.

The Chief Minister said he was sceptical about it and suggested that he might need two years. However, Mr. Radhakrishnan appeared to be peeved by the scepticism. So, he had agreed to the time frame of one year and promised the ring upon the completion of the task.

Mr. Chandy recalled that Vakkom Purushothaman had offered a gold ring on completion of the underpass at Palayam in Thiruvananthapuram to M.K. Muneer when the former was the Finance Minister and Mr. Muneer, the Public Works Minister. Then, it was thought the chances of Mr. Muneer winning the ring were nil. However, Mr. Muneer went on to win it.

But, in the case of issue of title deeds, the chances should be fifty-fifty, he added.

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