Kanjangad: ‘If you are really angry, you keep your fist clenched and the other hand on your side. If you are happy, it will reflect on your face. will be broken. At the time of anger, he would slowly go closer and slowly call Balakrishneta. Poiko will say that you are all figures. But I will stay there. He would call Balakrishnetta again and try to say something on trivial topics. If it’s happy time, we can talk about any topic…’ When talking about Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, Kanhangate M. Raghavan, who has been with him for two and a half years, pours out his words. Not many people know Balakrishnetan, whose sons Binoy and Binish used to fight well. How many times have I witnessed such cases first hand.
When he was the Home Minister, he would work in the office after midnight. Balakrishnetan knows how many days when Vinodiniyechchi called, it was very late at night. Raghava leaves the office saying that he didn’t realize the time had passed. Get up at half past four in the morning. Some exercise. Deshabhimani will be read first. And Mathrubhumi. Daily read five newspapers including English. Be it in the Legislative Assembly or the AKG Center, he will arrive a quarter of an hour before the appointed time. Punctuality will be given so much importance. No one will be offended personally. What needs to be said organizationally will be said strictly and firmly.
No one can mislead
No one can mistake Balakrishna for anything or anyone. If someone comes and says something negative about someone else, don’t say anything. I will reply in one sentence that I know. At the same time, he will look at someone’s face and point out his mistake. In terms of memory, Balakrishna should be mentioned. Whether it is a political matter or a file in the Secretariat, it will be told accurately from memory.
When any topic is brought to attention, its root cause will be asked and understood. Suppose one talks about a topic and answers all the questions. Even if someone else comes with the same topic, Balakrishnetan’s speech will be as if he knows the topic first. Even if ten people talk about the same topic, Balakrishnetan will have the same attitude as he heard from the first person. I have often wondered how this is possible. When asked about this once, Balakrishnetan said that many people see things in different ways. It is easy to take the right position if you hear everything correctly. Balakrishnetan’s style is written as Kunukunay. The letters will not be complete. So not everyone can read it.
Will not even agree to hold the bag
M. Raghavan of Kanhangad Atiyampur is a member of CPM’s Kanhangad area committee and a CITU leader. He grew up in Balasangh, SFI and DYFI. He got a job as a clerk in the fisheries department. On that day, AP Abdullakutty told Kodiyeri that Raghavan was PA. He asked if it would be better if he did. Soon he became a PA. Minister of Domestic Tourism and Deputy Leader of Opposition in Administration. Raghavan has been a shadow along with Kodiyeri throughout his tenure as Central Committee Member, Polit Bureau Member and State Secretary in the party. Raghavan says that no matter how big the position, Balakrishnetan will not do anything to open the car door or hold the bag in his hand. Raghavan is 54 years old. Wife KV Usha and children Gautam and Govardhan reside in ‘Utra’, Tirumala, Thiruvananthapuram. When Kodiyeri’s PA post fell vacant, he retired from government service and became active in Kanhangate party activities.