By Aires Rodrigues
This is how Mr. Kurupati
Dwarkanath Row, the new Chairman of Goa Public Service Commission is related to
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. Kurupati Dwarkanath Row’s
wife was a Dharwadkar (before marriage to him). Her brother Girish is the
co-brother (saddu) of Chief Minister’s brother Avdhoot Parrikar. Avdhoot
Parrikar’s wife and Girish Dharwadkar’s wife are sisters of the Caro family.
Their third sister is married to Dr Vinay Prabhu Desai, whose daughter is
engaged to Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s younger son Abhijaat Manohar
Parrikar.
This could be the only reason the entire selection process
of Kurupati Dwarkanath Row to the very high
constitutional post of Chairman of Goa Public Service Commission took less than
8 hours.
A note was moved by the Personnel department at
the Secretariat on 27th February this year that Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar
had recommended and suggested the name of Kurapati Dwarakanath Row for the post
of Chairman of Goa Public Service Commission. The note was approved by the
Under Secretary, Additional Secretary, Chief Secretary and the
Chief Minister on the same day. The proposal was also approved by the
Cabinet meeting held on that very same day. The Supreme Court will now take a
call on whether Row’s appointment was in accordance with law.
I have nothing against Kurupati Dwarkanath Row. Infact
I remember with nostalgic memories in the late 70’s buying chunky beef from Kurupati
Dwarkanath Row’s mother who then ran a thriving beef shop (BEEF STEAK) adjacent
to the Main post office in Panaji. The quality of beef was remarkable. In those
days there was no Goa Meat Complex. And Dr. Manohar Parrikar was also not
around to advise us on health grounds not to eat beef. That his hidden anti- beef
agenda as advisor of Govansh
Raksha Abhiyan (GRA), has now been exposed
is another issue.
