Bhumiputra adikarni bill Bumiputra Adikarni bill
The BJP Govt is under sustained ,unprecedented pressure against it , both about intent and title.The hurry to rush legislation without due process and opposition strategy to boycott facilitated it Lawyers and legal luminaries have opined that it will not stand the test of legal scrutiny.It is clear that it was an act of appeasement to placar vote bank with false hopes . It is illegality per se and amounts to robbing Peter to pay Paul Goa geographically is a small Area and land resource is finite and limited. Conferring ownership rights by allocating House numbers to illegal structure is blatant indiscretion.Already electric and water connections are released to these dwelling units built on encroachment on communidade and private lands.Now to confer ownership rights on rented premises irrespective of other factors and legal contracts is absurdity. Now a piquant situation for accomodation will arise as no one will be prepared to rent the premises ,once bitten twice shy. The Govt, contractors will be forced to provide temporary accomodation to the floating, migrant labour force.Ot may be best fall out of this legislation Years ago Willuam de Curtorim , Francis de Tuem had premonition of this exact situations and warned them to be cautious No one except politicians see merit in this legislation The whole of Goa and organisations, groups have mounted a campaign that has sent jitters in BJP camp forcing a rethink ,retract ,as adverse publicity will damage their electoral prospects at the hustings Besides Mauvin others sitting on the fence ,directing tirade against him are beneficiaries of migrant appeasements and enjoying ring side view Nelson Lopes Chinchinim 9850926276