---------------------------------------------------------- ***** CHRISTMAS PARTIES 2002 *****
Dec 21 - GOA-LA, Los Angeles, +1 (714) 821-6168 Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a free party announcement Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ ---------------------------------------------------------- The Gujarat election results came as no surprise. Mr Narendra Modi ably played the Hindutva card to ensure that Gujarat was polarised on communal lines in keeping with the BJP ideology. We have seen for ourselves the same game plan played by Goa's Narendra Modi, Manohar Parrikar during the May assembly elections this year. No election should ever be held with a caretaker Government in office. The State should always be under Governor's rule to ensure that there is a level play field for all contesting parties. This would, to some extent, ensure that there is no misuse of power and authority. Panjim make look spruced up and all decorated. But one has to see the long-term damage being done to Goa by Mr Parrikar brain-washing us with some cosmetic improvements. Parrikar has many questions to answer. Why is he stalemating the River Princess? And why the Government's impotence on the Additional Advocate General Vilas Thali saga? Mr Parrikar has bowed, bent and hopelessly stooped to all lowly levels to adhere to his political compulsions. Dy S. P Shirish Thorat was suspended for allegedly slapping a relative of a BJP Minister who was allegedly involved in an illegal act. But not very long ago Tourism Minister Micky Pacheco got away by alighting from his official car and assaulting a Kadamba Driver in broad daylight. Its good to know that Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and his cabinet colleagues have gone through the AIDS test and all is okay. The results would have been definitely positive if they dared go through an anti-corruption test. Parrikar is a good spender at the State exchequer's expense. His saving grace is that he has a moneylender in his cabinet. The person who just last year Mr Parrikar accused of running the high profile Miramar Sex Scandal. For now the money lender turned Mr Minister will bail the Goa Government and if he falls short, the Chief Minister would have to turn to his two Matka associates within the cabinet to gamble his way around. Mr Parrikar is a very sleek operator. He knows where to dangle the carrots. But he has not been able to hide his communal ideology for too long. People have started to detect the communal ideology of the BJP. We can only blame secular people like Mathany Saldhana, Sheikh Hassan and Dr Wilfred De Souza and hold them accountable for having played to Parrikar's tunes and helped him accomplish his evil designs. Aires Rodrigues Ribandar ======================================================================== Ongoing: Exhibition of paintings, Art Chamber, Calangute www.goa-art.com Dec 19-22: Gauri Divan's studio pottery, Rust, Aguada Rd Ph 2479340 Dec 23-Jan 7: Dayanita Singh's photo exhibition, Art House Tel 2276123 Jan 18-19: International kite carnival at Morgim beach, Pernem ========================================================================
