Goans do not need to think hard why the Congress in Goa mutered only 9
seats out of 40 in the last March-2012 Elections. If the exercise of
demolishing of the Congress' migrant vote-banks was universally taken up
prior to the Elections, the Congress would probably find itself with no seat
at all.
Well said Diana Pinto. The bureaucrats in Goa need to grow real backbones so
that stooping low to lick the Master's feet becomes an ordeal. 2017 should
see to it that this is done.
Cheers
floriano
goasuraj
9890470896/0422060347
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edwin/Diana Pinto" <eddipi...@gmail.com>
To: <goanet@lists.goanet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Moti Dongor demolitions
It is hardly surprising that the Moti Dongor demolitions have agitated
Francisco Sardinha. After all, it is in a manner of speaking, demolition
of a carefully cultivated Congress vote bank. These allegedly illegal
encroachments on public and communidade land took place on the Congress
government’s watch. As Mr. Sardinha and GPCC Minority department convenor
Mr. Pathan have rightly pointed out, the affected people will be hard hit
by the onset of the monsoons. Therefore, it is only fair and just that
they be accommodated on the vast and extensive properties allegedly
amassed by the Congress party satraps during their long and merry reign
over the Goan bureaucrats and masses. And since Mr. Pathan has practically
admitted that the “so called illegal” has been converted into legal by
concerned authorities, it is only right for us Goans to demand that that
all these water and power connections, ration and voter cards etc. be
investigated and cancelled forthwith by the present government as a first
step towards bringing back the rule of law in the state. Mr. Sardinha and
Mr. Pathan have now made it abundantly clear who their party is and has
been actually representing in the past.
And if the Congress government let the bureaucrats run amuck by “turning a
blind eye to the structures during their tenure”, then Sardinha is only
admitting what the Goan voters rightly understood this last Assembly
elections - that the Congress party does not and never did have what it
takes to govern and administer Goa. For bureaucrats who grovel at the feet
of their political masters, the attitude of Sardinha and Pathan in
throwing all culpability on them, should serve as a grim lesson that they
should build their careers on the strong foundations of duty, honesty,
integrity and sincere service rather than sycophancy and characterless
boot licking.
- Diana Pinto