There needs to be a vigilance probe into the public sponsored party held on November 23rd night at the five starred Taj Fort Aguada to celebrate the 50 th birthday of Goa’s flamboyant Advocate General Atmaram Nadkarni.
Atmaram Nadkarni has brought further disgrace to the very high constitutional post of Advocate General by having his birthday party sponsored by the public. Such birthdays of politicians are a routine affair but the Advocate General could never have stooped so low. This is not only a stinking disgrace but it is shocking that the Advocate General did not foot the bill despite the fact that he is the highest paid Advocate General of the country while profoundly bleeding the State's exchequer. That birthday bash which had around 400 guests with imported Scotch whisky flowing through the night is estimated to have cost around Rs 20 lakhs with a bill of Rs 14 lakhs itself for food and alcohol issued in the name of Calangute de-facto Sarpanch Joseph Sequeira. The income of this Pancha who is the de-facto Sarpanch of Calangute, also requires to be probed including the source from where funds were collected for paying this Atmaram Nadkarni’s birthday bash bill. It is further very appalling that the party was attended by some notorious elements including some prime accused in the illegal mining scam. There was also a clear conflict of interest with those having petitions pending against the government also being around. The birthday party which continued into the early hours of 24th morning was in rank violation of the Excise rules and the Madhya Pradesh Sound Act and Noise Pollution Rules. The CCTV footage from the hotel needs to be called for by the authorities and a speedy probe conducted into the huge questionable expenditure and other violations by gross abuse and misuse of power by Advocate General Atmaram Nadkarni. The footage should be taken with expediency lest it is claimed that the venue had no CCTV coverage! Surely, the party was not in the elevators, a la Tarun Tejpal. It would be appropriate for Atmaram Nadkarni to proceed on a much needed sabbatical to enable the authorities to act fearlessly and without threats. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372