--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign the Petition requesting The Honble Minister of State for Environment and Forests (I/C) to maintain the moratorium on issuing further environmental clearances for mining activities in Goa
http://goanvoice.org.uk/miningpetition.php --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Santosh poses the following questions to me: 1. Did he follow his own advice before posting this activist news item on Goanet? 2. Has he written to the authorities in question and obtained a truthful answer from them? 3. How does he know that all the facts about the incident in question are true? My response is as under: I lay great trust and faith in people of unquestionable integrity unless I have strong reasons to believe otherwise. I take such people on their word. And in my personal experience I have rarely been let down. Justice Saldanha as an ordinary, law abiding citizen has brought to the attention of the CM and HM of Karnataka over 1000 incidents of atrocities against christians living there. This is a law and order issue and not a civil dispute. It is the duty, nay responsibility, of the state to look into these complaints and investigate its authencity and prosecute the guilty. The onus of verifying the incidents lies on the state. If Santosh doubts the veracity or authencity of any of the incidents, all he needs to do is approach the government and request it to either order a judicial inquiry or CBI investigation.He can also use the RTI act to good effect.The onus of confirming the facts or refuting them as false lies on him as a sceptic. Now is the time to test his sincerity and seriousness. Let us watch and see if he is willing to walk the talk. Regards, Marshall