Oops Parrikar Did It Again It took Manohar Parrikar more than seven years of political power wilderness to realize he had made a mistake in hurting the sentiments of the minorities while he was in power, even then he has not learnt his lesson. He is supposed to be the most qualified guy in the Goa Assembly at the moment but he still acts like a cockeyed king among the blind.
Ever since his ouster from the power pinnacle in Goa, he has been seeking ways and means to re-establish his hold on the most coveted and sought-after “kursi” in the Goa Assembly. Left high and dry by the backfiring of his saffron ideology, he has now changed his strategy but as it is rightly said, spots on a leopard cannot be washed out nor can a painted crow be a dove. With the claws of the RSS firmly entrenched in the BJP, Manohar Parrikar is and will always be seen, as anti minorities, no matter what mask he hides under or what gown he wears, his saffron slip will always show. As soon as the election were announced Parrikar played his vote bank card by declaring that, if he is elected he will legalize the migrant illegalities, it was a declaration that simultaneously said “who the hell cares about the CRZ nightmare that coastal Goans are going through, as long as Parrikar can acquire the rights to the vote bank at Chimbel. He has even promised to lower the time period for rights to the Residency Certificate, so either way, if the BJP or the Congress wins, Goans will surely be the losers. Another point to note is Parrikar’s stand on the MOI, here again he is trying to alienate the minorities, most of whom, along with a good part of the majority, favour grants for all languages including English. Here he is again trying to foster his intent for Marathi, but only by holding the gun on the shoulders of Konkani. If we want to protect our Identity and our language then why should languages other than Konkani get grants and not English ? English being a foreign language is irrelevant, as the most spoken languages in Goa today are Konkani and English and to a lesser extent Marathi. With the tide turning against the Congress because of corruption, illegal mining and the acrimonious RP, the BJP could have had all the bragging rights to the Goa Assembly at the coming elections but there again the IIT product failed to shed out his original skin which will certainly cost Parrikar the most coveted seat in the Goa Assembly. Oops, Parrikar did it again! If only he had his ideologies and priorities right, he could have easily laid his claim to the throne he desperately wants to sit in, but then it could take the IIT product another seven year to realize his folly on the MOI issue but by then perhaps some other issue might be misread or misinterpreted and so the wait for the coveted “kursi” could go on a wee bit longer. Parrikar will only realize his folly in siding with “Taie” Shasikala on the MOI issue on the 6th March, as he will certainly feel the wrath and the heat of the parents who had flooded the Azad Maidan last year in support for grants for English, the only reason that the BJP will not get the required mandate will be because of the MOI, as citizens of democracy, communities cannot not be alienated on the basis of the language they prefer to educate their children in. It should be grants only for Konkani or grants for all, no hera pheri ! I surely could not believe that an IIT product like Manohar Parrikar would have suicidal tendencies ! Keep the fire brigade ready on the 6th March. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------