UAE prime minister on two types of administrators!

Thiruvananthapuram: As the debate over whether or not Centre should accept foreign aid to help rebuild flood-ravaged Kerala persist, the vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's tweet on `two types of administrators' become noteworthy. 

The tweets differentiate the first type of administrators as epitomizing goodness who love to serve the people. Their happiness is in facilitating human life. Their virtue is in giving. Their achievement is in changing lives for the better. They open doors. They offer solutions and they always seek to benefit people. The second type, however, follows procedures to make human life more difficult. 

The tweets are in Arabic under the subtitle what life has taught him.

On August 21, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s office informed that the United Arab Emirates will provide Kerala an assistance of Rs 700 crore.

Kerala has a special relationship with UAE, which is a home away from home for Malayalees. “We express our gratitude to UAE for their support,” he announced.

The CMO said this was communicated to prime minister Narendra Modi by Crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of UAE’s armed forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan. The assistance of UAE was first informed to Malayali businessman and philanthropist Yusuff Ali M.A.

Earlier, the prime minister himself tweeted thanking UAE for `its gracious offer to support people of Kerala during this difficult time.' The UAE supreme commander’s concern reflects the special ties between governments and people of India and UAE. Modi said.

But when the Centre decided to stick to an old policy and chose to turn down foreign aid including the Rs 700 crore offered by UAE, among others,  Kerala finance minister Thomas Isaac described Centre’s decision as ‘unfortunate’ and hinged on ‘false prestige.’

The Kerala BJP leaders, in turn, trained their guns on Pinarayi Vijayan accusing him of misleading the nation over an offer which, they claimed, UAE didn't offer.

Meanwhile, on Monday,  the BJP mouthpiece in Kerala Janmabhumi criticized union minister Alphons Kannanthanam for appealing to his own government for a change in policy on foreign aid that they `inherited’ from the previous Manmohan Singh government  The Janmabhumi edit suggested that Kannanthanam should have shown restraint when communicating his views in front of the camera. 

The unsparing edit suggested that Kannanthanam would have acted out of smartness. But over-smartness may backfire. By spending one night in a relief camp did Kannanthanam receive any applause? All that he gained was stone pelting from the social media, it said.

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