Well Done People Of Velim Only a fool would light fire around a gunpowder keg and later on try to retrieve it. Foolish it may sound but that’s exactly what the security services did at Velim on Sunday night. The IT raid on the Velim Parish Priest was condemned by one and all and people were aggrieved at the bias action of our Authorities. There was outrage from all quarters over the raid on the innocent Parish Priest when no action has been taken against the politicians who are pillars of corruption and scams.
It is believed that the Shah Commission report has stated that Goans have lost over 2000 crores that could be have been used for the welfare of Goans, the CM as minister for mines should have been behind bar a long time ago. There are also reports that the Education Minister acquired over 26 crores by illegal means, he had even attacked the police HQ in Panjim. The MLA from Aldona who was involved in the ticket gate scam is still not convicted. The Home Minister and his son’s involvement in the drug trade in Goa, custodial deaths. Why are the perpetrators of the swords case still partying with the CM ? Why has no action been taken against these criminal politicians and why this harassment against a poor Parish Priest ? The present leader of the opposition was caught distributing controversial CD’s in his attempt to communalize Goan politics, no action was taken against him. Police say that four armed personnel accompanied two police to ask the Priest if the people of Velim would vote. How would a priest know that answer, why did they not ask the MLA ? And couldn’t they ask that over the telephone ? We Goan Catholics have become soft targets for harassment of every kind but then there is a limit to everything and the limit was crossed at Velim. If the police wanted to inquire about the elections why was it urgent to send armed personnel at night when there was a whole week before them ? It shows malafied intent on the part of the Authorities and political involvement. After the anger that was aroused by the IT raid on the Priest, what did the Authorities expect when they sent it armed personnel to the living quarters of the Parish Priest at night, red carpet welcome or flower garlands ? Were they fools not to anticipates the wrath of the people ? The Velim episode has shown, the amount of respect that our Authorities have for the minorities and the answer of the people of Velim could not have been any better. If the security services need us to respect them they should earn that respect and respect is not earned by hurting people’s feelings, especially religious sentiments. I sure hope the Authorities are not serious about booking a large number of people from Velim for attempted murder, as patience is running out and the gunpowder keg that was left around the fire may blow up in the face of the Authorities. Violence is surely not the solution but sometimes violence is the only answer for arrogance. Even Jesus used the whip to chase away those that desecrated the house of God and in Velim the Church premises were desecrated on two occasions. Well done people of Velim, Goan Catholics should not be use as soft targets and I only hope lessons are well learnt and such mistakes will not be repeated again. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------