Manohar Parrikar has been deceptively projecting himself as somebody simple
with no flunkeys, no security, carrying his own luggage and flying economy
class on low-cost airlines. But true to the saying that ‘power corrupts and
absolute power corrupts absolutely’ the Defence Minister has been misusing
the Indian Air force aircraft AVRO on some of his very frequent politicking
visits to Goa. The AVRO has been ferrying Manohar Parrikar to Goa and
remains parked in the naval base at Dabolim Airport till Manohar Parrikar
finishes his political chores and is ready to fly back.
Manohar Parrikar in gross abuse of power has been craftily fixing some odd
defence Ministry related symbolic official functions in and around Goa to
be able to camouflage it as an official visit to misuse the AVRO and
unnecessarily burden the tax payer.
The AVRO can be used only for official work by the Defence Minister besides
the Chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air force. The AVRO is a twin engine
turboprop aircraft having a capacity of 48 passengers with a maximum cruise
speed of 452 km an hour.
Having left Goa leaving a mind boggling long trail of rampant corruption
and nepotism over the two and a half years as Chief Minister, we would now
have to keep a very watchful and vigilant eye on all those defence deals
being knotted by Manohar Parrikar. The dog’s tail never straightens, does
it?
Aires Rodrigues
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