Just to play devil's advocate, and present another view: From Rajan Narayan's Stray Thoughts, May 24-30, 2008 (before the contriversy below errupted) --
GBA SPLIT And a few stray observations on the sharp differences that have come up in the Goa Bachao Abhiyan. I understand that the BJP moles and fellow collaborators of the communal and fascist Leader of the Opposition, Manohar Parrikar, are trying to split the GBA. Ironically, the BJP and RSS moles in the GBA are apparently targeting Patricia Pinto who has been virtually running the secretariat of the GBA single-handedly. They are reportedly accusing her of not safeguarding the interests of the GBA. Her main sin of omission and comission, according to Parrikar's moles, is that she did not insist on the scrapping of the amendment to the TCP Act which excludes central and state government corporations like the Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) and the Infotech Corporation of Goa (ITG) from the purview of the proposed Regional Plan 2021. Apparently Ritu Prasad, who was also representing the GBA at the Task Force, has disowned responsibility and joined the chorus against Patricia. The real target of course of Parrikar's minions and collaborators in the GBA is Dr Oscar Rebelo. Parrikar's chamchas and those in the GBA who consider themselves the sole custodians of Goan identity and culture have not forgiven Dr Oscar Rebelo for his statement that outsiders who are committed to Goa are more Goan than Goans who have conspired to destroy Goa. The voices of reaon which have repeatedly pointed out that the rules framed by Edgar Rebeiro comprehensively limit the discretionary power conferred by the amendment to the TCP Act have fallen on deaf ears. It is possible that those who are insisting that the GBA should walk out of the Task Force have probably not even read the Task Force's interim report which is the most radical document that I have ever come across. Indeed if the government and the CM accept the recommendations in the interim report totally, there would be no scope for any mischief not only by the TCP minister, but by any of the ministers including the CM. But the tragedy is that the CM Digambar Kamat has not yet made any statement about his stand on the interim report. I suspect that Digambar Kamat may not even have read the Task Force report properly.... -- Sent via BlackBerry® while on the road... http://fn.goa-india.org -----Original Message----- From: "Rajan P. Parrikar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 21:28:59 To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] Dotor Oscar do not let Goa down To Goanet - Please, Satyawan, cut out this mawkish talk. We don't need any cult of personalities in the struggle to reclaim Goa. Nobody is indispensible, least of all someone whose only 'contribution' has been strutting around on TV shows and interview panels. Regards, r
