Mr V Gadgil said : All that Manohar Parrikar DID for Panjim whenhe was in
power was to indulge in his usual megalomania andbluster. He wanted to
convert Goa into Singapore (which,incidentally, is a totalitarian police
state). He dropped aturd called INOX on Panjim -- and did it at five times
thelegitimate cost (where the rest of the money was channelled isanybody's
guess). He wished IFFI on Panjim in perpetuity. Duringthe first year of IFFI,
when he was in power, on the principle
ofif-they-don't-have-bread-let-them-eat-cake he converted the wholearea into
a circus, causing massive traffic jams and making life aliving hell for the
residents.
Mr P Thomas added : One thing that could be added to this IFFI litany is
the mucking up of drains along the arterial roads during the crash (no pun
intended) job. This created havoc the following year when there was a heavier
than normal monson. MP cooly washed his hands off of this by blaming the
latter and the people of Panjim swallowed the line without demur! I concur
with the view that MP may be afflicted by megalomania. At least he lacks an
administrative sense of long term perspective badly needed in Goa and would
not be suitable as a CM unless there are severe checks and balances on his
headstrong actions.
My comments :
As I said , the days of flinging accusations at MP on Goanet without
providing
factual proof are long gone.
I will answer some of the allegations above , which are entirely justified.
The
rest are indicative of a visceral hatred.May I please request the gentlemen
above to select the questions which apply to their statements and provide
me with facts to support their allegations.
# "The INOX cost 5 times the legitimate expenditure".
Can we please have the financial figures to back this claim. Can we also have
the figures on expenditures for IFFI 2005/2006/2007 and details of what the
monies were spent on ( for comparison.)
# "IFFI 2004 made life a living hell for residents".
What made life a living hell for residents ( besides traffic jams...which
occur in
Goan cities on a daily basis, and were clearly more likely to occur when an
event
of this scale was being organised in Goa for the first time ) ?
#" He wished IFFI on Goa for perpetuity"
Can you please provide evidence that MP forced successive governments to
continue with IFFI.Also that successive governments made attempts to get
IFFI moved out of Goa.
# " MP washed his hands off the flooding of Panjim in 2005 by blaming the
unusually heavy monsoons "
Please provide factual data as to what MP said. Also provide evidence that
the unusually heavy rains were not a contributory cause.
# " MP lacks an administrative sense of long term perspective "
Please provide the name of any other politician in Goa who has a better
administrative sense of long term perspective ( with reasons why you feel
so ).
Lets get one thing very clear , my friends. I have no blind affiliation to
MP.
My blind affiliation is to Goa. I consider MP merely as the instrument most
likely to help us in our task of getting the Goan ship back on even keel. I
do not consider MP an angel or a messiah. His faults are aplenty. And I am
prepared to admit these faults. But please, please, do not make baseless
allegations about him . It makes one wonder as to the agenda of those
making these allegations.
warm regards,
anand
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