Manuwadi marxist war against Kerala’s rising star of Backward Caste Ezhavas
Enraged by the tremendous response received by the SNDP Yogam in North Malabar, CPM Nairs in Trivandrum dt. allegedly made an attempt on Vellappilly Natesan at Vellarada in that district. Reports said they were day-time marxists but night-time Hindu nazis. While Natesan was addressing an SNDP meeting, Marxist Nairs secretly connected a live wire to his microphone. Earlier there was a fire on the dais. Natesan was unhurt.
NAIR-SYRIAN WAR
The incident has sent shock waves among the Backward Caste Ezhavas. CPM Nairs however forced the CPM Ezhava leader, V.S. Achuthanandan, to fight Natesan. Achuthanandan does not know that his party Nairs are weakening his hold in CPM. They expelled his supporter, Sathyanesan, a noted Nadar leader, levelling corruption charges. If corruption is the main issue, then CPM should have first expelled Nayanar.
The manuwadi marxist party is thus engaged in a full scale avarna-savarna war. Unfortunately the avarna group is divided. (DV Oct. 16, 2002 p.23: “Nair-Syrian civil war in Kerala”).
Vellappilly Natesan, the emerging Ezhava leader of Kerala, is the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, the powerful social organization of the Backward, Caste Ezhavas who constitute about 30% of the Kerala population.
Ezhavas-Kerala’s single largest caste group-made great strides under the spiritual leadership of Sri Narayana Guru. But unfortunately the Ezhavas are not yet a political force despite their enormous population strength. They suffer from serious savarna (Hindu) political enslavement thanks to the consistent efforts by reactionary leaders like the “Modern Shankara”, the late E.M.S. Noomboodiripad.
Natesan is planning to organize his jati by instilling a strong caste pride in them. This met with stiff resistance from the manuwadi marxists (CPM) in the Malabar districts. Marxists (read Nairs) are unleashing a reign of terror to contain the activists of the SNDP Yogam. This led to a series of clashes between the Ezhavas and Nairs. In Kasargod and Cannanore districts, the savarna marxist leadership is mortally afraid of Vellappilly Natesan’s strident advances in the Malabar region.
SUICIDE SQUAD
Ezhavas used to be the “suicide squad” for the CPM to kill and get killed. The CPM in Kerala was built by the Ezhava blood and became a party of the Backwards led by the forwards. Without the Ezhava participation, the marxist party in Kerala is a big zero.
Vellappilly is determined to liberate the Ezhava masses from the savarna CPM clutches. He is a good organizer and an astute politician who knows how to manage things to his organization’s advantage. But strengthening the Ezhava caste identity is a big task.
It looks that he quickly digested our Editor’s thesis on ‘caste identity“. At times he woos Nairs to fight Syrian Christians. This may become suicidal. Since the OBCs in Kerala are not in power, we cannot divide the Nairs and Syrians. They are united in finishing the Dalit-Bahujans.
After R. Shankar, Ezhavas finally got a powerful leader in Vellappilly. What is most wanted for the SNDP Yogam is the creation of a think tank to guide the community. This is most urgent. Then only the Ezhavas can defeat the savarna strategies.
NAIRISATION OF EZHAVAS
The Editor of the Yoganandham, the mouthpiece of Yogam, is a savarna. The Ezhava middle class is not intellectually well-equipped to confront the upper castes. Most of the Ezhava intellectuals and political leaders are fully nairised, V.M. Sudheeran, Sukumar Azhikode, T.N. Jayachandran are the best example. V.S. Achuthanandan is also not fully equipped. The top Ezhava leader, Mrs. K.R. Goury Amma, now a Minister in the Antony’s cabinet, is almost in her last days.
The contradictions between Vellappilly and Ezhava middle class has to be removed. Both should get on together and act together. Then only the Ezhava consolidation will speed up. The Ezhava middle class is under the magic spell of Nair media.
The Yogam organized hunger strikes throughout the state to protest against the Marxist party hooliganism. Though Vellappilly is a railway contractor by profession, he has been dubbed an abkari contractor by the savarna media. Since he is keenly watched he has to take every step with great care.
