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The local government seems to have developed a penchant to mix a host of unrealted issues in one go ...and keep the citizens chasing red herrings- from redlight areas to blue-blooded heritage precints to inductions and expulsions...each one to his own compulsions; This clipping from the Gomantak Times is illustrative of the re-mix masala: Defacement Against Democratic Norms PANAJI: NCP MLA Dr Wilfred de Souza said the defacement and damage of public property to rename two roads on Friday was against democratic norms and demanded that the guilty be brought to book. Speaking to reporters, Dr De Souza said the unimpeded vandalism by the group of persons indicated that the government machinery was ineffective in tackling the offenders. The liberation struggle was fought with the objective of introducing democratic norms but by taking the law into their own hands in this forced renaming of the roads, these forces have cast a blot on the state. He said these persons had every right to protest and they could do it within the democratic framework but what happened on Friday would make the freedom fighters who laid down their lives turn in their graves. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar who holds the home portfolio and is also the local MLA should initiate action against the guilty as their names and photos have been published in the press. The NCP Goa chief asked newly sworn in Minister Matanhy Saldanha whether he approved of this vandalism or the demolition in Baina? Referring to his statement that he (Saldanha) had joined the government on the merit of its performance, he asked whether these two cases reflected good governance. The Baina demolition could have been done in a proper way instead of throwing some people on the street during the monsoon, he said. Viva Goa. Miguel
