Eugene Correia on Aires Rodrigues
1. <It's strange that a paper like Herald would encourage a biased as well
as lopsided views from Aires Rodrigues in his piece, Poll Day Predictions>
2. <He attacks the BJP as "communal and fundamentalist", a party which, I am
told, Aires supported initially. What brought his change of heart is unknown
to me>
3. <The journalism field needs serious political analysts and commentators
instead of leaving it to someone like Aires to air his views.>
4. <the reason for Aires to come to Goa could not ONLY be for improving
Goa's social and political structure but could be for other reasons.>
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Dear Eugene,
Let me say this upfront.
While I do NOT agree with Aires' on many a viewpoint, I consider him to be a
friend. He has always been decent and straightforward towards me - and I'd
like it to be known.
I will restrict myself to commenting on the ISSUES contained in your two
posts. Please join me & leave the PERSONA out of this.
1. On what basis have you characterised Aires' poll predictions as
lop-sided?
2. Has the BJP NOT behaved (thus far) as a Party with a communal agenda
which has been kept on the back burner UNTIL it attains majority in
Parliament?
3. WHOM at the Herald would you call a "serious political analyst"
4. WHO has stated that Aires came to Goa ONLY for the purposes of "improving
Goa's social and political structure"?
AND:
5. HOW does it matter if there "could be other reasons" ?
AFTER ALL
6. HAVE we not migrated to areas (around the world) for our own personal
REASONS?
jc
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