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Let me explain my stand clearly on the issues involved leaving alone personalities. Parrikar's constituents are the people. It is the people who vote for the govt. Fortunately or unfortunately, people are not powerful enough. They get influenced by the media, money-power, what not. We have seen this in recent elections. Tourism is important. Tourism I am told gives thousands of crores or so to the exchequer. (The exact figure may vary). Obviously, the tourist sector needs to be developed. But there are ways in which it has to be developed; also note that this money comes in taxes, but the real money that is the profits hardly goes to the Goans as most of the big tourist hotels are owned by non-Goans. What do the Goan people get? They are supposed to get the tax money. But do they get it? We see that this money that is coming in is now spent in things such as IFFI which again is going to the outsiders. What do the people get? Yes, they are getting some freebies such as Rs. 500 pension for the elderly, free computers via the cyber age scheme etc, may be some money spent on roads etc. But is that enough? Also, will that empower them? The answer to both the questions is no. Parrikar has to look at the above factors, and not just about filling the coffers of his party and his cronies. On the other hand, his philosophy seems to be come next elections buy the electorate by offering some money. The electorate, since they are getting impoverished day by day, will fall for it. We have seen it in Poiginuim; a promise of payment for road repair is perhaps good enough for those people who havent seen their road repaired for last umpteen years. The question is: do Goans get what they deserve? Who will tell them that they deserve better? That they deserve better than sending their young boys to paedophiles. That they deserve better than the Rs. 500 pension. It is upto us and the media. Today for instance there is a huge IT revolution that is taking place. That is empowering the people. Are Goans getting a piece of the pie of that? Does it take so much to give them a piece of the pie? There are 400 very bright kids on Goa's Linux user's group who have no other way but to come to Bangalore and look for jobs. Dont they deserve the first chance rather than companies from outside Goa who are getting these huge contracts? It is as simple as that, but Parrikar due to his big ego will not acknowledge it. Day by day, his ego is becoming bigger and bigger. Day by day, he is surrounding himself with his cronies. If an intelligent person sends him an email stating where things are going wrong, he does not like it. regards, Samir Kelekar