Defence Minister A.K. Antony was a friend indeed when he sent a special Indian Air Force flight to bring back Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi, who was injured in a road accident in Liberia last week where he was on an official trip.
Ravi and Antony go back a long way. Not only do both hail from Kerala’s coastal district of Alappuzhal but they are neighbours as well. They had together built the Kerala Students Union (KSU), the student wing of the Congress in Kerala, though Ravi is senior to Antony.
Even after his return, Antony has been making constant inquiries about Ravi, currently convalescing in a Chennai hospital.
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