Celebrities rush in where even Politicians fear to tread…

Are the political parties reacting to signals from the public about a change in attitude? Is it going to be celebrity time for Kerala voters this May 16? Never before have so many from not only the film world, but also from cricket and even the visual media, entered the fray to represent the people in the legislative assembly. And, it isn’t just one or two regional parties that are out to try their luck by changing their horses in the race. The candidate lists of the main parties, ie, Congress, CPI(M) and BJP contain names of actors, some of whom cannot even be counted as ‘stars’. No real stars Are the political parties reacting to signals from the public about a change in attitude? Kerala politicians used to proudly claim that unlike her sister states from the South, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, Kerala has a politically conscious population which never fell for the glamour of apolitical persons from the glamour world. It was a Tamil film actor, origina