SNDP Gen Sec is trying to mislead people: Vidyasagar

Kottayam | Saturday, Nov 1 2008 IST


SNDP Yogam President C K Vidyasagar today charged that SNDP Yogam General Secretary Vellappally Natesan was trying to mislead people by giving false explanation to the deposit scam in the SNDP Units.

Talking to newspersons here, he said thousands of persons were affected because of the deposit scheme under the cover of the micro finance scheme. The SNDP Yogam was responsible for the deposits collected by the SNDP units, he alleged and said it would have to give back the money to the depositors and the General Secretary could not escape from his responsibilities. Charging that the move to open new engineering colleges in the state was another area of corruption, he said those colleges were private institutions and had no connection with the S N Trust or the SNDP Yogam.

Sree Narayana Dharma Vedi office inauguration

KOLLAM: The Kollam district office of the Sree Narayana Dharma Vedi will be inaugurated on Sunday by Dharma Vedi chairman Gokulam Gopalan. The new office is at the S.N. College junction opposite Sarada Madam. —２５．１０．２００９ Staff Reporter.

Dharma Vedi demands Vellappalli’s resignation

KOLLAM: Hundreds of SNDP Yogam workers in the district took out a march to the SN Trust office here on Saturday demanding the resignation of Vellappalli Natesan as general secretary for the alleged misappropriation of funds to the tune of Rs 240 crore.


The march was organised under the banner of the newly-constituted Sree Narayana Dharma Vedi, an outfit of the Yogam dissidents.

The march sprang a surprise to all, as the organisers had not given advance publicity owing to security reasons. The march started from the R.Sankar statue at Chinnakkada and concluded in front of the Trust office, a kilometre away. Around 3,000 people participated in the march.

The Sree Narayana Dharma Vedi president Sri Gokulam Gopalan inaugurated the march and general convener Adv C.K.Vidyasagar, Prof G.Mohandas,Rajmohan and others addressed the gathering. Vidyasagar urged the Chief Minister to order a probe into the alleged corruption in the SN Trust. Since the SN Trust is a public trust,the Government is legally and morally bound to conduct a probe, he said.

Vidyasagar also urged Vellappalli to conduct a probe into the allegations by a body comprising two or three retired judges belonging to the community. He said that Vellappalli was resorting to intimidatory tactics by levelling baseless allegations against Dharma Vedi president Gokulam Gopalan. Vellappalli had threatened that the Gokulam Chit Fund office would be picketed, he said.

Later, Vidyasagar told ‘Express’ that the Dharma Vedi would intensify its campaign against Vellappalli. Conventions will be held in all districts to constitute district committees. He said that efforts would be taken to unite all the dissidents in the Yogam against Vellappalli.

Meanwhile, T.K.Rajan, member of the Yogam director board from Wayanad district, has circulated a pamphlet in which he says that though Vellappalli, in his capacity as the SN Trust secretary, had collected Rs 270 crore through appointments and admissions to the educational institutions under the Trust, only Rs 30 crore was accounted.

Passing through a tough time.

Never in the annals of human history has the essence of religion so brilliantly summed up “ONE CASTE, ONE RELIGION, and ONE GOD FOR MANKIND ". Sree Narayana Guru belongs to the ages.

Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam is passing through a tough time of trials and tribulations. Its lofty ideals and objectives are thrown over board for selfish gains; its democratic setup has been crumpled beyond recognition. Great souls adorned its seats of power once upon a time. They rode like colossus on the social tarmac of Kerala often defining its mindset and orientation. But irreverent hands are desecrating its great ideals and bringing it to disrepute and shame. Corruption has it’s hey day in its portals. Its assets and institutions are being traded and dealt with like family properties of few persons.

The formation of SNDV

KOLLAM: The formation of the Sree Narayana Dharma Vedi has been described as an ‘opportunistic alliance’ by many those who had taken a firm anti-Vellappalli stand in the SNDP Yogam from the very beginning.

The constitution of the Sree Narayana Dharma Vedi was announced in Kochi on Sunday to fight against the “authoritarian style of functioning and the corrupt practices of SNDP Yogam general secretary Vellappalli Natesan. It is headed by the Yogam president C.K.Vidyasagar, Yogam vice-president M.B.Sreekumar and Sri Gokulam Gopalan.