Interesting. File an FIR or it will be another balcao or tabloid story. jp
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Stephen Dias <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Floriano, > > I am just writing after the response from your letter on Goanet> > The news open up by you , is really sad to hear. One way I am convinced > what you say, but it is really too late and nothing can be done as his body > is finished. What about his wife Alina, she does not have her say in this? > Why she is MUM? I do not know anything internal stories of their family as > I have no connections. Earlier when he was young and teacher at Don Bosco I > used to be with him almost every alternate day and going for a simple tea > in one restaurant , as we had no much money. That was after 1970's. It was > at the side of Shalimar Hotel, Panjim that is between Sousa Paul and > Shalimar Hotel , there was a restaurant which we used to frequent often and > talk about politics. I was completely zero in politics. > I had many times taken him to our NIO where I was working and he > participated in seminars etc. He had one more of his friend and my > colleague called Agnelo Fernandes, a clerk from NIO who was very friendly > with him. So the discussion was mostly on Ramponkars, and later DuPond etc. > After that I lost touch of him, once he became a political giant. I have no > contact with his wife (Alina) at all as he never showed or introduced me to > her. > Only I remember one thing that when he called me up and said that he is > going to join BJP. I was in Pune at that time, but I advised him why are > you joining BJP? and he said that Congress are rogues and after joining > BJP he said that he will put the house of Goans in order. Before that I met > Matanhy at the funeral of Dr. Wilfred Mesquita's father at their residence > at Chicalim. After that I had no contacts of him. I left that job to him > entering into BJP and also I left him completely. I come to know from you > now, that there was some fishy thing, of his untimely death. If that is > true , I must tell you that this needs to be investigated or are you > putting his family with more embarrassing questions? This is becoming a > serious problem. Is it just because of MOPA that his death's reason is > surfacing? This should have been done much earlier that is just after his > death or on the day of death. And conducted the post mortem as you say. Who > will listen to your stories now? Although it may be true but you may fall > into problem, if it is goes wrong. > Please make sure what you talking, Sir. Ask Dr.Oscar who was there at the > time of death I believe. It seems Matanhy was admitted in that Hospital > before his death. I have no idea what was going on those days. > > > Stephen Dias > Old Best Friend of Matanhy Saldanha > > quote: > > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 14:37:01 +0530 > From: "floriano lobo" <[email protected]> > To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;> > Subject: [Goanet] GSRP alleges that Matanhy Saldanha was eliminated to > bring in MOPA - Press Statement > Message-ID: <A25CF4F88BB546A6895A53845CC2B265@home> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > GSRP alleges that Matanhy Saldanha was eliminated to bring in MOPA - Press > Statement > > > Speaking at a press conference held at Margao on 3 April, 2014 in the > presence of Dr. N.S. Dumo, President and Savio Rodrigues, Secretary & > President [Youth Affairs], the Candidate for LS Elections from South Goa, > the Goa Su-Raj Party's General Secretary and founding President Floriano > Lobo has gone on record to say that the BJP could revive the previously > shelved MOPA airport project only by eliminating Matanhy Saldanha from the > scene as a Minister in the Manohar Parrikar cabinet who was acutely against > MOPA. > > Explaining that he was a long-time colleague activist of Matanhy Saldanha > on issues like MOPA, SEZ, CRZ, Special Status, etc, Floriano Lobo > recounted many a public platforms he shared with Matanhy Saldanha against > MOPA airport and stressed that Matanhy was against both, the illegal > occupation of the Goa's Civilian airport, Dabolim by the Indian Navy, and > the new greenfield MOPA airport project. He said that Matanhy was a proud > GOAN, rooted for GOA, who only succumbed to the pressures of joining the > BJP because he hated the CONGRESS through his entire being, thus depriving > himself the tag of being one of the regional icons of Goa in the fag end of > his political carrier. > > Floriano Lobo further said that Matanhy's resolve as Environment and Forest > Minister in the BJP cabinet not to allow any mining activity in > forest/wild-life sanctuaries as told by him to the HINDU, barely 3 days > before he died, and his resolve that the Navy should move to Sea Bird, > Karwar, and MOPA be scrapped was the last straw that broke his back and > earned him his death sentence. "In the scheme of things, Floriano said, " > crores of rupees of funding from the mining and Mopa lobies that made the > BJP victorious in the 2012 Assembly elections, Matanhy Saldanha's love for > Goa was too insignificant and he could be dispensed with for a greater > cause of the BJP in Goa. > > Floriano Lobo also said that Manohar Parrikar had the gall to tell the > Legislative Assembly that Matanhy Saldanha had realised the importance of > MOPA, before he died. "This is a blatant lie", he said, "as Matanhy was not > foolish enough to be convinced that MOPA would be a good thing for Goa > after having been against it since its inception". "Would Matanhy Saldanha > risk the ire of Goans, especially the South Goans, being sweet on MOPA?" > he asked. "Matanhy was a man of his word" he said, "not a man who would > make U-TURNS at every opportunity" he said. > > "The body of Yesser Arafat of Palestine", Floriano said " was exhumed after > eight years and tests done on the remains to inform the world that he was > 'PLUTONIUM' poisoned". "Why was no post-mortem conducted on Matanhy > Saldanha, especially when it is reported that he had soiled himself badly > before he died?" he asked. " I have had two cardiac arrests, and if at all > I am alive today, it is becuase my family members were around to revive > me. There was no messing up of any kind" he said. > > When asked as to why he was bringing up this issue after two years of > Matanhy's passing away, his answer was : " I have always maintained in my > writings since Matanhy's mysterious death that there should have been a > post-mortem. "As a matter of fact, I have spoken to the press on 21 March > 2014 when GSRP released its Lok Sabha Election Manifesto at the Nossa Sra. > de Piedade Hall, Panjim" he said. "It is still not too late for the > post-mortem to be conducted", he said. "GSRP will want to see the test > report on the remains of Matanhy Saldanha to believe that he died of > cardiac arrest/stroke or a natural death and not from poisoning" he > concluded. > > > > for Goa Su-Raj Party > Sd/- > Floriano Lobo > General Secretary. > Mob: 9890470896 > Website: www.goasu-raj.org > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > PPS: PEOPLE FOR POLITICAL SANITY > PS: If the people refuse to become politically 'SANE', politics will > remain dirty + more. > > ONLY DABOLIM - NAVY GET OUT > WITH MOPA - SPECIAL STATUS FOR GOA IS ONLY A SHOUT > > VIVA GOA - VIVA GOEMKARS > Amchem Goem > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PHvEkxLCmc > > > --- >
