<p> Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Leader of the Opposition V S Achuthanandan have now taken their long-fought political battle to a new turf — Facebook.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Chandy delivered his opening salvo on Monday with a sarcastic post on his Facebook page targeting Achuthanandan who had recently made an official entry to the world of internet with his own web page and social media accounts.<br /><br />“It’s good that you and your party have finally realised the potential of new media. But I’m also forced to remind you of the anti-computer protests by CPM’s youth organisations in the 1980s. You yourself had called computers monsters which took away jobs from tens of thousands of people, remember?” Chandy wrote. <br /><br />The chief Minister also reminded Achuthanandan of the losses the state suffered because of the Left’s opposition to information technology (IT). Achuthanandan returned fire on Tuesday with his trademark spunk. <br /><br />“Oommen Chandy has tried to sell off Infopark — a project which has given jobs to 28,000 Malayalis – to Smart City at the price of scrap. <br /><br />He’s gushing about IT development and making fun of my internet presence now because he has thick skin,” the 92-year-old veteran responded on his Facebookb page. He said Communists didn’t hesitate to “correct mistakes” and move forward and reminded Chandy that the first IT park in India — Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram — was opened by a Left government. <br /><br />“Google it, you’ll know,” he said. Chandy is expected to take time off a hectic poll campaign to swing the next blow.<br /><br />Oommen chandy: <em>It’s good that you and your party have finally realised the potential of new media. But I’m also forced to remind you of the anti-computer protests by CPM’s youth organisations in the 1980s. </em><br /></p>
<p> Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Leader of the Opposition V S Achuthanandan have now taken their long-fought political battle to a new turf — Facebook.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Chandy delivered his opening salvo on Monday with a sarcastic post on his Facebook page targeting Achuthanandan who had recently made an official entry to the world of internet with his own web page and social media accounts.<br /><br />“It’s good that you and your party have finally realised the potential of new media. But I’m also forced to remind you of the anti-computer protests by CPM’s youth organisations in the 1980s. You yourself had called computers monsters which took away jobs from tens of thousands of people, remember?” Chandy wrote. <br /><br />The chief Minister also reminded Achuthanandan of the losses the state suffered because of the Left’s opposition to information technology (IT). Achuthanandan returned fire on Tuesday with his trademark spunk. <br /><br />“Oommen Chandy has tried to sell off Infopark — a project which has given jobs to 28,000 Malayalis – to Smart City at the price of scrap. <br /><br />He’s gushing about IT development and making fun of my internet presence now because he has thick skin,” the 92-year-old veteran responded on his Facebookb page. He said Communists didn’t hesitate to “correct mistakes” and move forward and reminded Chandy that the first IT park in India — Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram — was opened by a Left government. <br /><br />“Google it, you’ll know,” he said. Chandy is expected to take time off a hectic poll campaign to swing the next blow.<br /><br />Oommen chandy: <em>It’s good that you and your party have finally realised the potential of new media. But I’m also forced to remind you of the anti-computer protests by CPM’s youth organisations in the 1980s. </em><br /></p>
