Actor Harish Peradi has responded to the news that the prize money of this year’s Onam Bamber lottery has been increased to 25 crores. He shared a note on his official Facebook saying, “When I heard the news of the 25 crore Onam bumper lottery, I felt… In his note, he asks whether the government can conduct a lottery for panchayats in Kerala.
The player asks that a lottery in which 35% of the tax that goes to the government in the lottery winner’s panchayat is transferred to the management committee of that panchayat for the development activities of that panchayat. He says it is a lottery for the starving poor of the panchayat for their basic needs of daily life.
“We are tired of hearing the constant refrain that funds are being transferred for this at present,” he says. At the same time, he says, voting is like winning the lottery compared to a common man. If the potholes on our panchayat roads are closed, man will get half peace…
He concludes this post by saying, “A tax-paying Kerala resident who dreams of 35% tax handed over to Panchayats.”