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Sandeep Heble must consider the following questions: 1. Would his dear Hero CM Manohar Parrikar raze Baina to the ground if his candidate had won the South Goa seat in the last Parliamentary elections? 2. Why was Baina so notorious? Did the government not have the police force with it to counter this threat to life of Vascoites? Is the threat gone now? 3. Did Baina happen overnight as it unhappened over-night? 4. Does he know that one can get killed in New York's Manhattan after dusk if walking? Authorities even issue warnings to that effect. 5. With Baina razed, is he sure Goa is safe and sound? 6. Is he sure the "RSS THUGS" (which incidentally includes the CM himself) will not take over from the various anti-social elements in Vasco and elsewhere in Goa as it has happened in Fontainhas, Panjim? ( A lot of people including you will cry foul my calling your hero, the CM a RSS Thug. If he wasn't, then why is he blowing hot and cold over Fontainhas thuggery by the RSS? Is he not the Home Minister that he should move suo-moto in this case? Or he considers himself the RSS gear wearing thug that he has demonstrated to us Goans earlier? Can Goas Chief Minister display himself in the RSS gear????? If he can, why does he not himself march down Fontainhas and tear the Portuguese name plates and other things that reminds him of the Dirty [as according to him and his RSS] Portuguese era?) 8. Did his hero CM do anything worthwhile when the Bishop's Palace next door to his official residence was raided by the RSS thugs? (which includes Mr. Dicholkar, the head of the Archives Department who purportedly rushed to the scene in question in record time on an anonymous call? BTW all Goans wanted to see the end of Baina. Sandeep Heble is not the only person who has a cause to celebrate. But the way it has been done and the motive behind it is a very big question. If I understand the RSS at all, the tearing down of Baina in a hurry even to the extent of pulling the wool over the eyes of the Court has been accomplished to make the dream of the RSS- President of the Goa BJP Mr. Rajendra Arlekar come true. Did he not wish to walk down the Baina Beach sans Baina? If Sandeep is a Goan, he must know what is the Goan "Hospitality" and that the "RSS Ideology" is alien and out of place in Goa and always will be. In Goa, the RSS ideology will breathe only as long as his hero, the CM, the all knowing, all seeing, all hearing Mr. Manohar Parrikar remains in the CM's chair. I have always said it. And I am not the only person to say it. He must ask Mr.Kumar Saptarachi of Pune who has weathered many a rainy seasons in Indian politics. Mr. Kumar Saptarachi said it openly at the Lok Shakti Convention at Margao on 18 June 2004. Sandeep Heble must remember the VHP bandh in Goa to protest "Godhra"? Who was the architect? Not his hero, the CM? (I have given to the police the scooter number of the RSS thugs who were stoning the motorists on the NH-17 at Sai Service, Porvorim. Nothing happened. Why?? Because the thugs were Velingkar's sons perhaps??) Sandeep Heble must do me a favour. I would like to see him garland his Hero for the good he has done w.r.t. Baina, Fontainhas, Bishop's Palace incident etc. and in general to preserve the communal harmony of Goa and Goans, and I shall garland him for the rest including the IFFI. If the BJP was NOT KICKED OUT from the Centre, I shudder to think what Mr. Sandeep Heble's Hero would not do unto Goa to promote his dear RSS - MODITVA ideology. Floriano Lobo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandeep Heble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 9:51 AM Subject: [Goanet]Operation Red-light > Operation Red-light > > Some call it a "Heaven on Earth". Some use the term "God's own abode". Some > others say it is a "tourist's paradise". But none will deny that Goa has its > ugly spots too. Spots that have threatened to disrupt the peace and harmony > prevailing for decades in Goa. > > Certainly, one such ugly spot that has been in the news recently is the > Baina red-light area. This area was a den of prostitution and a hub where > all sorts of criminal and nefarious activities took place. Lack of political > will in effectively tackling the state of affairs here made this place > extremely volatile and dangerous. The average citizen just could not visit > this place without the risk to his life. In fact, the entire city of Vasco > became extremely unsafe simply because of the unchecked activities that were > taking place here. > > Ask any citizen of Vasco and he would tell you how risky it was to travel in > the city in the nights without fears of being mugged. How the women would > just refuse to step out of their homes after sunset. How thefts, assaults, > riots and murders became a part and parcel of life in Vasco. And almost > every single act of misdemeanor, misdeed and crime had its links -- directly > or indirectly -- to the Red-light area. > > When the Government took firm steps to correct just exactly this, opposition > parties and some NGO's turned this into a huge issue. When the need of the > hour was to provide the Government with unflinching support, it was perhaps > a cruel irony that there were many who did exactly the opposite. "The > Government was abusing human rights, it was abusing the rights of helpless > women", they screamed and shouted. > > That the debate on "Rights" in Goa has remained mired in a handful of > political slogans and postures cannot be doubted. Human rights > organizations, NGO's and activists have become intensely confrontational in > their attitudes, even when positive actions are taken to clean up our > beautiful State from the mess and the rot. > > The million dollar question that needs to be posed to our "elite > intellectuals" in whom the milk of human kindness overflows is: Do only > people who indulge in illegal activities have rights? Shouldn't the law > abiding citizens too have rights of their own, including the right to move > freely and without fear on the beaches and on the streets? Isn't it the > constitutional right of a citizen to be able to live peacefully, without > threat to his life? Weren't these rights threatened by the very people for > whose cause these activists are now fighting for? > > Yes, a rehabilitation package was necessary but "Operation Red-light" was > even more necessary to rid Goa of the social stigmas. Parrikar must be > lauded for showing the courage and political will in his efforts to remove > these scourges from the map of Goa. . > > Sandeep Heble > Panaji-Goa > > > >
