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CHALO SECRETARIAT AGAIN ( Short play )


The   characters

 1 Kunjan  (45)  :  a  jobless  rubber tapper
 2 Ammini  ( 35) : his  wife

 ( Kunjan's   modest home  at Paika. Ammini  is  sweeping  the yard.
Enter  Kunjan )

                           Kunjan

 Ammini, arrange  my  bag . I'm   going on a trip tomorrow.

                          Ammini

 What trip? Where to? Why  go on a trip when we don't  have
any money and when you have to find a new job.

                       Kunjan

 The job-hunting  can wait. There are other priorities. I'm 
on a trip to Trivandrum, to take part in the LDF's  Secretariat
march to force Oommen  Chandy to step down.

                  Ammini

 Are  you crazy? A Secretariat  march  at this eleventh hour?
What  are you going to achieve? How many Secretariat marches
have you undertaken, with little or no impact?

                Kunjan

 This time it's different. This time Oommen Chandy will be
ousted.It's  a foregone conclusion. See what happened to KM
Mani. Now he is ex-Minister. Next week, Oommen Chandy will
be ex- CM. Ha, Ha...

               Ammini

 What   wrong  has he done ?

          Kunjan

 Don't  you know?  First, bribery  and corruption  related to
the  Solar scam. Second, the affair with Saritha.

            Ammini

 So  you are one of the idiots who believe the cock and bull
stories ? 

           Kunjan
It's  proven that  Oommen Chandy  did engage in corruption
and  had an affair with Saritha. It's extensively reported in the
channels.

        Ammini

 Don't  say channels. Say ''stinking gutter'! They spread malicious
rumours and disinformation to derive sadistic pleasure.Anyway,
the majority of the people of  Kerala  don't buy their dirty tricks.

     Kunjan

 We  are determined to oust  Oommen Chandy. Don't  waste time.
Arrange my things. 

 Ammini

 What  about the money  for the trip?

 Kunjan

 Money is no problem. The Secretariat  march is sponsored
by  Biju Ramesh. Transport, food, liquor, accommodation-everything.

        Ammini

 Is  hospital treatment included in the package?

 Kunjan

 What  do you mean ?

 Ammini

 I mean the treatment for injuries sustained in the lathi-charge.
Remember, you were injured in the aborted

 Secretariat march
in 2013. It's  highly regrettable that you didn't  learn a lesson from
that.

   Kunjan

 This time, we are going to win. Most probably Oommen Chandy
will  resign  even before the march. He is cornered. He is between 
the devil and the deep sea.

  Ammini

 You live in a  fool's  paradise. Nothing is going to happen. Except 
the usual violence, destruction of public property, water cannons,
lathi-charge, injuries, traffic jams etc.. You know, the LDF is looking  for martyrs to boost their lost cause. My advice to you
is , don't  make me a widow.

 Kunjan

 No,dear. Don't  worry. Nothing like that is going to happen. please
arrange my things.

  Ammini

 I shall do that. But  think twice before you embark on your
stupid  adventure.

 Kunjan

 No, no second thoughts. I am determined to go. 

 Ammini

 Go to hell.

 ( Curtain )

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