Politicians should be kept away at a safe distance from all Sports bodies. Over the last two and a half years BJP’s Dr Shekhar Salkar through all his politricks has been desperately and frantically trying by hook or crook to usurp the post as President of the Goa Cricket Association (GCA). All his incognito behind the scene surgeries and strategies unleashed in connivance with his mentor Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar have been rightly bowled out.
As a last-ditch move Dr Shekhar Salkar has now maneuvered and managed to get a show cause notice issued by the Sports Authority of Goa threatening to de-recognize the GCA if the current President is not removed. This is nothing short of a stage managed blackmail and pressure tactic by the government to coerce the GCA to make Dr Shekhar Salkar the President. To uphold their self respect the GCA and its affiliated clubs with all their might should fiercely resist this high-handed vicious and undemocratic tactic of the government. Ironically while Dayanand Narvekar was at the GCA’s helm of affairs, Dr Shekhar Salkar was vociferously demanding that the GCA should come under the purview of Right to Information Act. But once he became the Vice President of GCA in a U turn he opted that the veil of secrecy in the functioning of the GCA should continue. The GCA should not be drifted the Goa Cancer Society or National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) way. Dr Shekhar Salkar should stick to his party politics and oncology while leaving the Goa Cricket Association to be manned by dedicated sportsmen. May the cricket pitch remain spic-and-span. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires