ARROGANCE OF INDIAN GOVERNMENT.

First of all let me pray for the speedy recovery of the poor medical student girl who is still in Delhi hospital undergoing treatment for the sexual and physical attack inflicted on her in a Bus in Delhi by the six Indian Barbarians. May God give her courage to bear this trauma.

I strongly support all those people, namely men, women, girls and boys who gathered in Delhi, Bangalore, Kashmir and elsewhere making a big noise over this incident to the extent that making Government of India to bow down before the public pressure. This is called the People’s Power and student’s power is more piercing. It would have been nice if the students power would seen all over India demanding quick justice for their suffering colleague in Delhi. Students all over India should rise in unison paralysing whole of India in support of this 23 year Delhi medical student. If today it is in Delhi then tomorrow it can be anywhere in India. For this reason the new law has to be enacted uniformly for whole of India and not to Delhi only to inflict stringent and quick punishment for the rapists, eve teasers and molesters.

It is a pity the Government machinery is very tolerant and slow to react over such criminal incidents. If there was no public pressure this incident would go unnoticed. Government is a liar and arrogant; first it praised the Police saying Police has done a very good job and the next day the same government suspended some policemen for negligence in their duties. And now the Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikxit blamed the Delhi Police for this criminal incident. If police has done good job then why there was a need of suspending some policemen and blaming the Police for not doing their job properly in this matter? I have no trust in this arrogant government that it will handle this case properly. For this reason public vigilance is imperative to check political pressure is not brought to close this case with silly reasons.

In Delhi at Rastrspsti Bhawan and at Premier’s residence two Maharajas are sitting, both are immune to the public outcry. Though they are people’s representatives yet they act like feudal lords. Inspite of their repeated requests to meet the President and Premier of India, the delegation representing the demonstrators were turned back. If people’s representatives are not ready to meet with the people’s delegations then what sort of democracy India is having? Why this dadagiri on the part of Pranab Mukerji and Manmohan Singh? Do they think that they are super human beings coming from outer planet? With this type of feudality on their part will yield no results. By meeting the peoples representatives President and Premier would have identified themselves with the people but by not doing so they both acted like Dictators and colonialists. Even colonialists would not act in such a dictatorial manner. I don’t know when our leaders will learn to identify themselves with the public.

President Obam of USA is the most powerful official on this planet. Not only by nature but also otherwise he is a very humble man. Last week when he attended one condolence meeting to mourn the killing of 20 babies and 6 adults, he went and occupied the chair among the public as if he is a commoner. What a wonderful gesture of humility. By integrating with the public he identified himself with the common people. Will our leaders in India do the same?

During the Portuguese rule in Goa somewhere in 1958-59 the Taxi Drivers from Panjim went in a morcha to the Governor’s Residence shouting slogans in support of their  grievances. When Governor heard their voice, he came out, sent his Secretary to speak to them and assured them of his full support for their grievances. Why could not our President and Premier do in a similar manner as Goa Governor did? Our leaders are proud and drunk with power which keeps them away from public. This type of arrogance will not help India and Indians.  Our leaders should be easily accessible to the public for their grievances.

A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.

CALANGUTE & CANDOLIM PANCHAYATS WASTE PUBLIC MONEY.

CALANGUTE AND CANDOLIM PANCHAYAT SPEND OVER 50 LACS ON ADVOCATES

 

By Aires Rodrigues

 

The North Goa Coastal cash rich Panchayats of Calangute and Candolim together spent a whopping over Rs 50 lacs on advocate’s fees from January 2007 to June this year. This has been revealed in the information obtained under the Right to Information Act.

 

While the Calangute Panchayat spent Rs 28, 16, 250 on fees for advocates, the neighbouring Candolim Panchayat’s expenditure was Rs 22, 21, 575. Surprisingly the documents reveal that the payments were made without certificates issued by the Courts certifying the appearances.

 

The documents obtained under RTI also reveal that in many cases the two Panchayats have paid the advocates for appearances in the High Court much more that what the government advocates are paid. A perusal of the documents further reveals that in some cases payments were made to advocates without furnishing details of the cases or dates on which they appeared.

Interestingly the documents reveal that the two Panchayats had not obtained from the government prior approval required when the legal expenses exceed Rs 50,000 a year.

Since the expenditure by Panchayats is incurred from public funds that is a need for transparency and accountability in every paisa spent including that on Advocate fees. The Panchayats have been paying advocate fees for non effective hearings and the Circular relating to engaging advocates at fees prescribed by the Government is not being followed.

As this Government has vowed to bring down litigation involving the government to half, this should also be the thrust and endeveaour of all local self government bodies including Panchayats.

IS INDIA A LAND OF RAPE?

With my head down in shame as an Indian – not by choice but by force – I strongly condemn the horrendous rape and brutal physical assault on a 23 year old medical student in Delhi, the capital of India, by the 5 or 6 barbarian Indians. It is said that every 40 minutes one rape occurs in India and yet they remain away from Police notice. It looks India is become a country of Rapes only where females are become easy victims for the bastardised Indians because the bastardised Police Force and Politicians are immune to the plight of rape victims.

Immediately following this rape the Police Chief of Delhi when questioned by one TV Channel, he replied accusing the society. He should know that if society is so upright then why there should be a need of Police Force? Police are brought into the picture just because society is weak to control such crimes. Indian Police force is the most corrupt in the world because they are protecting the wrong doers with the help of bribe and also thru the instruction of politicians.

If such crimes can take place easily in Delhi which is the Capital of India then what about other less known places in India? I cannot understand why India has reached to such ebb!! India by our elders was called the land of sages and saints but now India is become the land of Barbarians and Rapists. It is a shame for civilized Indians to be the citizens of India where there is nothing good.

It is nice and encouraging to see students coming out on to the streets in support of the victim girl not only in Delhi but also in other parts of India including Kashmir. Up to now I did not notice any students group in Goa coming out on to the streets in solidarity with the raped girl. Goan students must also show their solidarity to their fellow student raped in Delhi.

I ON MY PART STRONGLY CONDEMN THE RAPE OF A MEDICAL STUDENT IN DELHI AND SHOW MY SOLIDARITY WITH ALL WHO ARE WITH THE VICTIM.

According to the available information, the raped girl and her companion had argument with the rapist gang when they approached her in the Bus with sexual advances. Then the process started not only of raping by all the gang members but also physically abusing and attacking the girl and her companion. Normally a rapist is the one who is burning with anger and this anger he releases on his victim and if the victim resists the rapist’s attempt then the rapist becomes more violent turning his total anger physical and sexual on his victim. This was what has happened to the poor girl in Delhi since doctors treating her said that such physical and sexual injuries they have never seen before. Such is the degree of attack made by those wild animals on the 23 year old medical student.

While pondering over this ugly incident of rape in Delhi I thought of George Bernard Shaw who once remarked thus “WHEN RAPE IS INEVITABLE, THE GIRL SHOULD JUST LIE DOWN AND ENJOY” without any resistance because if you resist the rapist will even kill you.

A. Veronica Fernandes,

Kuwait.