He praises Riyas on FB after pooh-poohing govt. declare of rain hampering works
Actor Jayasurya appeared to have flip-flopped on his arguably sarcastic remark that Cherrapunji in Meghalaya would haven’t any highway to talk off if rain impeded upkeep.
His perceived ‘caustic’ comment at a State authorities perform hosted by Public Works Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas appeared to offer brief shrift to the administration’s recurrent declare that incessant showers had impeded the well timed upkeep of roads in Kerala.
Fake pas
The ‘fake pas’ appeared significantly piercing as a result of Mr. Jayasurya had attended the perform as Mr. Riyas’s visitor.
The actor appeared to match the situation of roads in perennially rain-soaked Cherrapunji with that in seasonally monsoon ravaged Kerala.
The Minister had hosted the actor for breakfast earlier than launching a high-profile Public Works Division (PWD) scheme to usher in transparency and accountability into highway upkeep.
It entailed displaying the phone numbers of the federal government engineer and contractor liable for the maintenance of particular person highway sections to make them accountable publicly.
Of late, the federal government had confronted strident public criticism for the poor situation of arterial roads.
The general public outrage at torn up and potholed thoroughfares left unattended for months at a stretch had dominated information protection for weeks.
The administration had reportedly hoped to tug off a public relations coup by asserting the scheme within the presence of Mr. Jayasurya, whose marketing campaign for secure roads had garnered recognition over time in some measure. Nonetheless, the federal government’s purported ‘propaganda pitch’ to salvage the PWD’s ‘tattered’ picture appeared to backfire.
Mr. Jayasurya stated residents who struggled and paid car tax needed correct roads and never the excuse that rain hobbled upkeep.
“Who would reply for the deaths on ill-maintained roads?” he requested.
Mr. Riyas and Communist Celebration of India (Marxist) legislator V.Okay. Prasanth have been on the dais.
The ‘whiplash’ assertion sparked off tv information scrolls that appeared to focus on Mr. Riyas.
Quickly, Mr. Jayasurya surfaced on social media praising the Minister.
The actor claimed Mr. Riyas had his ear to the bottom and listened to commoners.
Permission
Mr. Jayasurya stated he had sought the Minister’s permission throughout breakfast to talk his thoughts on the public perform, indicating that the controversial remark was not a casual comment.
