By Aires Rodrigues
When this government took over the reigns of Goa last March the Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Parrikar had vowed emphatically that it would be Zero tolerance to Corruption. The least that was expected to begin with was for the Chief Minister to reign in his Ministers, MLAs and the coterie of busy bees hovering around him. But this does not seem to have happened and corruption is booming despite the recession and the economic slow down
My sources reveal that a steel company had to pay a bribe of a whopping three crores to get 20 M.V.A power for the expansion of their plant. I have not been able to confirm with Mr. Lyndon Monteiro the Officer on Special duty and Man Friday to the Power Minister whether infact such a corrupt transaction had taken place.
I have however given the details to the Chief Minister yesterday and requested him to investigate. He did call me up in the evening to say that he was going to look into the matter.
But what is further disturbing is that it is now revealed that the deal did come to the notice of the Chief Minister who promptly directed the Minister concerned to deposit the bounty in the BJP fund. If it has happened the Chief Minister should admit it. There is no point hushing it up as the Almighty God has seen it all.
May be its time to set up CCTV cameras at the offices and official residences of the Ministers possibly controlled and monitored by the Lokayukta.
