India Today Malayalam Magazine - May 21, 2014

In this issue

Highlights of India Today Malayalam issue dated May 21st, 2014. The issue looks at BJP\'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi\'s hectic nation wide campaigning strategies and how this changed electioneering in India and its politics. Second part of the cover story looks into Rahul Gandhi\'s ceding ground to his more charismatic sister Priyanka Gandhi and AAP\'s energetic grassroots campaign challenging big names.
An exclusive India Today opinion poll of Varanasi Seat in this issue predicts a lions share of votes for Modi. The Big Story in the latest issue is a detailed analysis of the landmark verdict of Supreme Court in Mullaperiyar Dam dispute and what it mean for Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Interviews of Justice KT Thomas, member of Mullaperiyar expert committee, P J Joseph, water resources minister, M K Parameshwaran Nair, Mullaperiyar special Cell chairman, former minister M K Premachandran and a column by SC Advocate Kaleeshwaram Raj are also featued along with the big story.
Another story from the state is about a recent storm in congress party sparked by firebrand women leader Shaimol Usman regarding leakage of her letter to KPCC chief VM Sudheeran. A report from wayanad analyses evictions from Harrison Plantation. A January HC verdict in this case was against the people who were allegedly encroached the land. But the Collector evicted people residing in another survey number area is becoming a major legal issue.
Another report from Kozhikode details an unusual May Day protest by workers of textile shops. The \'irikkal Smaram\' sit in protest was organised asking for their right to sit during long working hours. In textile shops workers, mostly women, have to work 12 hours a day and only half an hour is given to rest. They are not even allowed to sit during work. A Report traces the reasons behind increasing involvement for Christian priests in sexual harassments in Kerala.