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Why aren't Chidambaram and Madhavan Nair treated equally? -Article TV shenoy ( source : Rediffmail) Industry, Impartiality, Integrity' runs the motto of the Central Bureau of Investigation. George Orwell hit closer to the truth: 'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.' Consider the manner in which the Government of India [ Images ] treats Pinarayi Vijayan, G Madhavan Nair, and P Chidambaram, and you will see just how some are 'more equal'. Pinarayi Vijayan is in trouble because of a contract with the Canadian firm SNC Lavalin, to renovate and modernise the hydro-electric stations at Pallivasal, Sengulam, and Panniar. The deal was initiated when Kerala's [ Images ] Power Minister was G Karthikeyan, a Congressman. Just months later the Congress-led United Democratic Front government lost power in the 1996 assembly elections, and E K Nayanar's [ Images ] Left Democratic Front ministry assumed office. Pinarayi Vijayan, the power ...

The Congress party has returned to power in Assam and Kerala. In West Bengal, it's back in power after almost four decades riding piggyback on its ally the Trinamool Congress. In Tamil Nadu it sees the defeat of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam as a blessing in disguise, since it will now have to deal only with a much weakened DMK which will be in no position to dictate terms. The only slight regret that the Congress has is in Puducherry where it has lost its government to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. For a party which was in the doghouse on issues of corruption for the last many months, the Congress is back in business. As a senior party functionary put it, "The message has gone loud and clear that the party is healthy, fit and fine. On the contrary it is the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left parties which need to look within and introspect on their performance". Having ensured the return of the Congress to power in Assam for the third term, Tarun Gogoi i...