See the loot by our politicians in the government and the ruling party .
The way they are frittering the public money on their private mansions and
personal leisure. Looks like the perks, concessions and freebies in the form
of free electricity and telephone calls and petrol for their official plus
private vehicles free of cost running lakhs of ruppes per year are not enough.
Are we unaware of these free booties being taken by our leaders coming from
the public exchequer is at the cost of our hard earned money paid as taxes to
the Government?
Who will come forward to expose such unscrupulous politicians and stop the
drain on the public exchequer and get it controlled lest it shake our Goa
administration which is already running in Financial chaos.
Regards
Vinay
Curtains, TV at Govt cost? Daya did it
HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, FEB 6
Did you know that ministers can refurbish their residences by billing the
exchequer?
They not only can replace their old curtains at Government expense but, it
seems, they can go in for electronic goods like latest LCD TVs, if they so
desire!
In the last three years, there was, however, only one minister who incurred
expenditure on his bungalow and submitted bills to the Government.
It was none other than the Law Minister of the time. What’s more, even the
Finance portfolio was with him then. The expenditure on five items at the
residence of Aldona MLA Dayanand Narvekar at Mapusa was Rs 2.2 lakh and odd.
This came to light when BJP legislator from Shiroda Mahadev Naik tabled a
question wanting to know whether the Government had incurred expenses on the
private residential premises of ministers, MLAs and officers for the period
from April 1, 2006 to December 31, 2008.
The written reply to the question regarding expenditure on private premises of
VIPs was given by PWD Minister Churchill Alemao in the Goa Assembly.
What is interesting is that the expenditure on Narvekar’s bungalow had been
incurred under “maintenance fund”.
The reply to Naik’s question asking for item-wise details, seems to have
revealed that if some ministers desire, they could purchase any household
things and submit the bill to the Government.
Narvekar was the law minister during the Pratapsing Rane regime from mid-2005
to mid-2007. In the first portfolio allocation after Digambar Kamat Government
came to power, Narvekar was not allotted law and judiciary. But within a day,
the notification was amended allocating the portfolio to the Aldona MLA. Around
five months ago, Narvekar was dropped from the ministry and since then he has
been active in raising many issues inside and outside the Assembly.
Opposition Leader Manohar Parrikar expressed shock over the items purchased at
the “official residence” of Narvekar. These include a refrigerator costing Rs
57,000 and Sony LCD TV costing Rs 99,990. The statistics say curtain cloth
material was purchased for the bungalow for Rs 14,045 while renovation of sofa
set with new upholstery and curtain stitching cost Rs 25,000.
A minister also has to think of his security guard. And in Narvekar’s case, a
fibre glass cabin was made for the security personnel costing Rs 36,000!
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