Arackaparambil Kurian Antony a.k.a A K Antony is back in the union cabinet as the Defence minister. Widely respected across party lines for his clean image and non-corrupt public life, AK Antony is truly one among the rare breed of politicians in India today. Born in Cherthala, a small town in the district of Alapuzha in Kerala, this two time chief minister was written off when he had to vacate his Chief inister's chair due to intense infighting in the Kerala Congress party. He went on to head the chair of the Disciplinary committee of the Congress party and was last seen in the media when Natwar Singh' was hauled up for indiscipline in the party. Surely, no one else had the moral right to pull up Natwar except for AK Antony in the Congress party. Let's hope he manages to stem the rot in the Armed forces which is facing too many corruption charges in the past couple of years.
