A Clean Chit For Monti Dongor
Reference to the article "Sanatan should be banned if found guilty: Churchill, on Herald dated 20th Oct'09. We know for sure that, an apple falling on Isaac Newton head, gave us the laws of gravity. It makes me wonder, what should we attribute to, the sudden wisdom, that our PWD Minister has acquired, first it was the award winning thesis, of the mini tsunami of the coast of Canacona, being responsible for the cloud burst, and flooding that followed, and now in all his wisdom, he has given a clean chit to the squatters at "Monti Dongor" saying that they are all good people and the swords seizure case was nothing but a ploy to defame the residents of "Monti Dongor", wherein he become the judge and the jury himself and passed the verdict as not guilty. What a waste of money, time and effort to investigate and follow court procedures, when our esteemed Minister is full of knowledge and wisdom. With our politicians singing paeans of the antisocial and supporting them, that the antisocial aliments feel secure to carry out their illicit activities without any worry or care, and we have seen the result on a number of occasions. I am sure this is a ploy by our PWD Minister to use them, to influence his vote bank on the other side of Margao. It is indeed very sad to see our political maestros from both camps trying to seek maximum mileage from this most unfortunate incident, both trying to play the one up game, thus making a mockery of the disaster situation. In most countries, in case of terror strikes, all oppositions are put aside and they try to seek the best possible solution to the problem in unity, for the sake of the nation or the state, but in India and in Goa particular, we think of personal gains first and if time permits then only of the nation or the state and that too, with ulterior motives. Even as the shell shocked Madgaokars, where still dazzed and worried about their safety, our politicians were seen distributing "goodies" in rickshaw loads to the squatters at Kharebhand, trying to strengthen their vote bank, one can only hope that the relief funds for Canacona are not siphoned for vote bank politics. Helping the poor is a good deed, but how come only the squatters are the beneficiaries on most occasions, why not the poor backward class people from rural villages ? Are our politicians really and seriously interested in finding solutions to the problems in Goa ? Or are they happy to maintain status quo, so that whatever happens, ultimately they are the beneficiaries ? Time to ponder. Freddy Agnelo Fernandes -------------------------------------------------------- The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. -------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________