The enforcement of the Madhya Pradesh Sound Act in Goa has become farcical. Arrange a function, have a Minister if not the CM as your chief guest and you can play music till dawn. However, when the sound system is operational it would be a good idea to arrest the Minister for being a guest in his official capacity witnessing and patronising amplified music at late hours, against the law.
Enforcement of the Sound Act should be uniform and there should never be a pick and choose of violators. On January 20th, this year Ribandar had a centenary celebrations village dance which the police did not hesitate to abruptly stop once we had crossed the permissible hour. Perhaps if we had asked the Minister who was our Chief Guest to stay on till the end of the show, we might have been able to dance on. On a different note, so much is being said about the Uttar Pradesh leader Mr. D.P Yadav who has been charged with extortion and murder and for having been welcomed into the BJP only to be flushed out a couple of days later. A Minister in the Goa Government who was recently admitted into the BJP has also a whole pile of cases of extortion against him. So much for the party with a difference that the BJP claims to be. Aires Rodrigues Ribandar ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
