This incident I am quoting here happened somewhere in
1970-71, if I am not mistaken. It
happened in my village Candolim at Dr. Gustavo Monteiro Foot-ball ground during
the inter-village football final between Saligao and the host Candolim. I was one of the players playing for Candolm
as captain of the team. The situation on the ground was fluid, the spectators in
bigger number were favouring the Saligao team to win. Suddenly there was an altercation between two
players of each team that resulted in exchange of wrestlers blows between both
the players, one Mr. Damu of Saligao and the other Lopes from Candolim. Within a split of a second, the crowd from all
sides invaded the ground and one could only hear the sound of blows. The chief guest of the day was the then Law
Minister of Dayananda Bandodcar, Shri Prataphsing Raoji Rane the father of the current
Health Minister of Goa, Shri Biswajit Rane who I am sure was not even born
then.
Sr. Rane while seated in the VIP Gallery, got up and spoke in
his normal Hitlerian tone telling the people to stop fighting. Punaji Achrekar
the then MLA of Saligao was accompanying Sr. Rane but favouring the existing
commotion on the ground with his silent nod to the rowdies to carry on with the
commotion because Candolim were winning the final. Then there were answers from
the public to Rane to be silent because “you know nothing of football”. For this, Rane lost his temper and came out along with
Achrekar and others from the host side escorting him, in the middle of the
ground and started shouting like a "Bebdo" thus “Aum tumkam bienare, tumche
sarkille anvem kitlech polleleat, aum student astana anv khusti khelpi ani
anvuim zogddonk zanna”. Hearing this
undiplomatic tone and text containing nothing but “abuzad”, the people started
abusing Rane with filthy words even directing against his non-Goan wife. This type of rough language with raised voice
did not suit the Minister, instead he should have used a soft tone with soft language
to pacify the crowd who felt hurt by the wrong decision of the referee leading
to this end.
In the same manner, in Margao at Hospicio Hospital Biswajit
Rane also acted like his father earlier leading to the two ladies to lose their
temper because they were hurt by the security.
The Jr. Rane was acting like a Hitler with his high tone and Hitlerian
words like “You shut up”, “you don’t talk”.
As a Minister he should have cool down his temparement and taken both the
ladies in a nice and civilized manner to any office inside and sorted out the
differences but surely not the way he acted.
He acted thus because he is a kid meant to play “goddeancho khell”. Good that neither of the ladies slap on his face. Because of his father he got political
platform ready made and ministership without maturity, wisdom and required
medical education to hold the Health
Ministry. This leads to the mockery of his job.
He will never be able to bring in changes there but will succeed in
looting the public exchequer like others and if given a chance he will promote
and practice NARVENKARISM. These today’s
“Kalche porche potte” while as Romeos are become MLA’s and ministers and
ultimately what good one can expect from such kids? It is a shame for the
voters from Valpoi to have such a "gorvam rakhnno type boy" as their representative who in the coming election must be voted out to teach him a
very good lesson.
A.Veronica Fernandes.
