It was amusing to read the statement by Goa’s now very soiled Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on the need to develop quality leaders with good character.
Manohar Parrikar himself has proved to be a very bad role model after having thrown to the winds even all basic values and principles only to cling on to the Chief Minister’s Chair. After having very high-handedly breached every law possible, Manohar Parrikar has lost all moral authority to be preaching on probity in Public life. After his three months in New York, the power hungry and egoistic Manohar Parrikar has now not returned because of his love for Goa but only to safeguard his Chair which was on the brink of being pulled under his feet. Over the years the Power intoxicated Manohar Parrikar has allowed Goa to plummet while he has minted a fortune for his family to merrily feast on for generations. Less said the better on how his partners in Crime like Siddharth Kunkolienkar have risen from Rags to Riches raking the moolah galore and now even not sparing that foul Panaji Smart City Mission to further line up their already overflowing pockets. Two decades ago, like many others, I too had held Manohar Parrikar in great esteem while even worked alongside him and the BJP, believing that he was a ray of hope for Goa. But I had to part company after I was faced with clinching evidence that Manohar Parrikar was very corrupt, communal, casteist and ever so vindictive. Many had been under a very fake impression that Manohar Parrikar is Smart. Yes, a Smart crook he has indeed been. It is time for the now rancid Manohar Parrikar to pack up so that Goa which today has sadly become a gambling, prostitution, narcotics and crime destination may finally see some much needed Acche din. Does Manohar Parrikar have to be reminded of those words of Abraham Lincoln ‘You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time”. 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 www.airesrodrigues.com