Ayres, as a good citizen, brought to our notice a grave breach of the law by Goa's BJP babus for providing police protection to one Pandurang who ceased to be Minister since a year. Well, done, Ayres. Not too surprising. This is India and the law is not taken seriously here. Everything depends on stature of the person in question. Some questions: - was GoaNet the best medium to report this matter? Did any media raise the matter? - have Opposition MLAs raised the matter in Goa's Assembly or don't they care? - why do Indian senior politicians need police protection?
Senior politicians have reason to be scared because several of them are corrupt or have a criminal background and fear reprisals. A Report by The Wire in 2018 found that a third of Chief Ministers have criminal cases registered against them. Maharashtra’s Fadnavis tops this list with 22 criminal cases, followed by Kerala’s Vijayan with 11 cases and Kejrival with 10. Criminal cases against chief ministers include murder, attempt to murder, cheating and dishonestly property dealings and criminal intimidation. So what happens now to the Pandurang fellow? How do the citizens protest to the Chief Minister?Or should Catholics complain to their Bishop??More likely, most people may not care. Life is hard enough without adding to their burdens. Eddie ==================================================== On Tuesday, 17 September 2019 11:15:15 BST, Aires Rodrigues <airesrodrigu...@gmail.com> wrote: Government must at all times function strictly within the framework of law and cannot be enlarging largesse for political expediency at the taxpayer’s expense. The Goa Government must immediately withdraw the unlawful police security being given to former Power Minister and Cumbarjua MLA Pandurang Madkaikar. In an unprecedented, very high-handed and arbitrary decision the Goa Government continues providing police security to the former Power Minister Pandurang Madkaikar despite he having ceased to be a Minister on September 24th last year. Pandurang Madkaikar over the last one year is having a security of around seven police personnel around the clock. This is a huge financial burden on an already cash strapped State. The Goa Police which is short staffed has been assigned for the security of Pandurang Madkaikar which he is by law not entitled to. Aires Rodrigues, Advocate High Court www.airesrodrigues.com
