Funny book penned by Union minister KV Thomas released

A book penned by Union minister of state for food KV Thomas based on some jokes and funny moments in Kerala assembly when he was the member of the house was released at a function here today.

Veteran congress leader K Karunakaran handed over a copy of the book titled 'Order, Order, Order', to former Kerala Speaker Vakkom Purushothaman.

This was the nineth book written by Thomas. Earlier books were mainy based on social life of the people of 'Kubalangi', his native village in Kochi. He also published a book on Karunakaran named 'Leader'.

Speaking on the occasion,92-year old Karunakaran regretted that nowadays "only the number of walkouts were increasing". The legislators take no interest in studying the issues, he said.

'I still want to be active in politics', Karunakaran added. 'Time is still there to be active', he said without mentioning the coming local body and assembly polls in the state. Former state minister and IUML leader MK Muneer, Additional Chief Secretary K Jayakumar were also present on the occasion.