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Goa's media has, over the past week, been evaluating the four-year term of chief minister Manohar Parrikar. What do you think of his achievements, negative traits, failures and setbacks?
Is Parrikar one of the best chief ministers (if not *the* best)
that Goa has seen, as suggested by some of his supporters?
Has he achieved something that both his Congress and MGP
predecessors failed to do? Is he working wonders for the
infrastructure of urban Goa? Is he prime ministerial material,
as one newspaper query asked in a recent interview?Or is Parrikar simply going along a media and party-generated hype, that puts him on a high pedestal needlessly? Are his achievements coming at a very high cost, that involve loans which are only still inadequately understood. Does he fit the classic dictator mould as his critics suggest -- party corruption, pompous self-serving rhetoric, viscous police-state tactics, running virtually a single-man government, cronyism?
What has helped him to stay on in office, bucking the trend of political instability (which, incidentally, the BJP also contributed to majorly at least since 1994)? What are the main achievements and failings of his term in office? If you had something to suggest, what would it be?
It might be interesting to hear diverse views of how Goanetters perceive the issue. Unlike in the mainstream media, you don't need to be someone eminent or prominent in public life, in order to have your views heard via the Net. FN
