ARE GOVERNOR & PWD MINISTER DYNAMIC?

Dynamic CM Of Goa, Says Governor. As elections come closer by the day, I am subjected to unceasing amusement while I read the Goan news papers on a daily basis. For some time now I have been reading about the immaculate mass births of some dynamic youth leaders and dynamic social workers out of nowhere, unknown and probably still seeking emancipation from puberty, I begin to wonder, the dynamics of dynamism have changed in Goa and I am still unaware of it ? Or have the Goan dynamics of dynamism ebbed in to oblivion ?

Looking at the so called dynamic youth leaders and dynamic social workers, it certainly looks like dynamism is dying an agonizing death if not dead altogether. Today’s news papers carried an interesting summation, the Governor of Goa canonizes the Chief Minister of Goa as a dynamic CM and at the same time beatifies the PWD minister as a popular leader and the friend of the common man at the Dalit Seva Sanghatana at Ravindra Bhavan. Whow ! Looks like, we may have to soon look for another place of abode for our beloved Saint Francis Xavier, even Mother Theresa who was a friend of the common man all her life, is yet to be canonized. Oh ! Have I missed something ?

For the political hierocracy, miracles and good work are irrelevant for canonization or beatification, money power is the only criteria, and how could I miss that ! The Goan SC, ST & BC class people are living in hinterland and not in the cities, these people are fighting for their very own survival, last week we saw these very people from Cavrem taking over the mining department for a full day and forced the CM to stop illegal mining in their village. The SC, ST & BC people of the entire mining belt have been have been subjected to the appalling disintegration of their lives, their people and their cries for help have been ignored and it would be interesting to see which Dalits have been facilitating these very people responsible for their misery ? If the people have to fight for their right to live, what sort of dynamism does our CM espouse ?

If the people of Goa are fighting against mega-housing, widening of NH or for that matter water and electricity, how does the PWD minister become a popular leader or a friend of the common man ? I am flabbergasted at the statement of the Governor, or has the Goan fenni taken it’s toll on the Governor ? Self titles and self acclamation is the forte of our political elite and the watch dogs of the political elite are fed and pampered to sing false paeans of our political elite.

The Attorney General of Goa Mr. Kantak is supposed to be the highest paid AG of India and why is that so for a tiny state like Goa ? The Governor Mr. Sidhu thinks he can wallop and gallop at the cost of Goans without being subjected to RTI. The IGP of Goa thinks his son and his friends can use the official cars and bang them into any post on the road and still does not need to answer to the public. Looks like the watch dogs have succumbed to the glitter and the power of money. The RP2021 think tank and the TPC led by the CM think people wishes and their participation is irrelevant, Goa has been declared one of the most corrupt states of India, ecology and environment have been desecrated and destroyed. Crime soaring to newer heights, drugs controlled and distributed with the help and protection of Police and politicians.

Scams are like ducks laying eggs on the trot and all that our Governor can say is Goa is blessed to have a dynamic CM and a PWD minister who is popular and friend of the masses ? In Delhi we have a Sardar who claims, he knows nothing about the intricacies of Thomas, while in Goa the Governor seem not to know about the facts right under his nose and we have a CM who claims not to have heard of Balwa and aren’t we Goans, surely intrigued by the whole Jalwa ? Utt Goykara be in Panjim on 15th March, nam tor nidunuch urtolo Goykara.

Freddy Fernandes.

IS MP SHANTARAM NAIK GONE INSANE??

EXPORT DUTY HIKE WILL RUIN GOAN ECONOMY Looks like the MP Naik is suffering from an acute bout of constipation, one day he come out with a good article with overwhelming thoughts of Goa and Goans and the next thing we hear absurdity and profanity oozing out of him. His statement that increase in the export duty on ore could ruin Goa’s economy is hard to digest that it’s coming from a liberal mind. Monetary gains over the quality of life or life itself of the people at large.

I would like to remind MP Naik that what’s in the underbelly of Goa belongs to all Goans to be used for the benefit of all Goans and not the prerogative of one or a handful of persons, what’s in the underbelly of Goa is not their maternal nor paternal inheritance nor their acquirements, by the virtue of being Goans we are entitled to the national wealth and treasures of Goa.

His ignorance comes to the fore as he tries to justify income generation for private entities over the welfare of large parts of Goa which are directly affected by the ills of mining and their miseries multiplied and magnified. In reality the whole of Goa could be affected if remedial steps are not taken to preserve and protect our environment, ecology and our water bodies, where water tables have sunk to an all time low and our rivers and their tributaries silted and marine life fast disappearing, forests have been eaten up, fields are made barren and left scorched, by the mining dust and I am astounded that MP Mr. Naik has the time and the luxury to even contemplate on the income generation for a few elite.

MP Naik should live in hinterland where both legal as well as illegal mining thrives, for a month or so and then, may be he would realize the agony and the misery that the people in hinterland are mired in as a direct result of mining. Can MP Naik get his priorities right or has he already got them right ? As support for the mining industry, could generate personal wealth as well as funds for the next election. Who are the poor suckers here?

Freddy Agnelo Fernandes.