This is just one of the lofty broken promises. You can fool some of the
people, some of the time, but you cant fool all the people, all the time. Talk
about good governance and atransparent corruption free government. The game
is up, and hopefully the next time aroundthe rascals will be thrown out.
From: Aires Rodrigues
To: goanet
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 9:39 PM
Subject: [Goanet] CASINOS SHOULD BE DRIVEN OFFSHORE
While the Leader of the Opposition Manohar Parrikar had branded Casinos as
a “social evil” and called them "dens of vice". While leading that
agitation against Casinos, Manohar Parrikar had vowed to make sure that all
Casinos were thrown out of Goa if the BJP came to power.
But in a dramatic U turn in March 2012 after coming to power Manohar
Parrikar allowed yet another Casino the monstrous ‘M.V. Horseshoe’. The BJP
in Goa has since fallen in love with the Casino brigade which is now
getting the government’s total patronage and support. While the BJP is
feasting and making merry with the abundant funds flowing from the Casinos,
Goa has sadly become the country’s gambling hub with the allied vices of
prostitution and the narcotics trade also flourishing by the day.
On 10th October 2013 then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had finally
assured the Goa Legislative Assembly that all the Casinos would be removed
out of the River Mandovi by September 2015.
With that date now fast approaching the Government has started through an
advertisement released in all the news papers today a so called public
consultation process to only fool the people. The Casinos are meant to be
off shore and that is where they should be asked to relocate. Does the
government have to be told the definition of off shore?
While the BJP continues to milk the Casinos nothing will be done to
relocate them. The people of Goa can read between the lines. The government
should not underestimate the intelligence quotient of Goans who have been
patiently enduring the manner in which the people are being taken for a
ride. March 2017 is when the BJP will be shown its place for having
betrayed on almost every issue the faith the people of Goa had reposed.
Aires Rodrigues
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