Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have cautioned his Ministers not to promote the interests of family and friends.
But a source in the Defence Ministry has revealed that Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar very high-handedly managed to appoint his close chum Giriraj Pai Vernekar as Deputy Director at the Confederation of Indian Industry in New Delhi to look after areas of Defence and Space. This gives Manohar Parrikar his trusted and skilled hand in negotiating all those under the table mega multi crore defence deals. The very wily operator Giriraj Vernekar is no stranger to Goa. Having for decades been very active with the right wing fundamentalist RSS and VHP, during the 2012 Goa Assembly elections Giriraj Vernekar masqueraded as someone apolitical in heading that massive media blitz campaign launched by his NGO, Friends of Good Governance (FOGG) under the guise of a politically neutral voter awareness and education. After that election and on successfully fooling the people of Goa the FOGG vanished with Giriraj Vernekar himself appointed as Special Assistant in the office of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on a hefty pay scale of Joint Secretary where he was over all in charge of negotiating deals and kickbacks in all major contracts. Besides he also managed rather manipulated Manohar Parrikar’s Face book and Twitter accounts on social media with generating fake ID accounts being his area of his expertise. Having moved to Delhi with Manohar Parrikar he carries with him all that rich experience to rake in the moolah now on a much larger scale. Thanks to FOGG, for Giriraj it has been a swift move from rags to riches. Zero tolerance to Corruption and Good Governance has been laid to rest. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: [email protected] Or [email protected] You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires
