Dear all So much has been written by so many writers, for and against Manohar Parrikar, yet not a single word from the great man himself. You mean he does not read the goanet or is does not care a damn of what people say? He wants to be the leader for Goans, Goans of all caste, religion and denominations. Those, who are cent percent Goans and those who have accepted Goa as their home. Some who know the great man, and some only thru the news papers and goanet or other such means? Yet, we dont find anywhere M. Parrikar himself telling the fellow Goans, who he wants to rule, his points of view on what happened during his earlier reign, and why he failed to garner the support he intended to as a single majority in the last elections.  He himself announced that he would not be in the ruling if he did not get the required number of seats, and than stooped to such depth by playing the political games. What you promise you should stick to that promise. But not him, maybe th e temptation of the chair was such that dirty games were needed?. For those who say he is an able administrator, well accepting it that he is a great man, than why dont people of Goa accept him? Mind you, Goa is majority Hindus. Christians are just around 30 percent and others maybe the remaining. BJP is a party called Bharatya Janta Party. Meaning, Indias Peoples Party. So with such a name, why could he not get elected with absolute full majority? The people going to vote are not Indians? Of course they are, so why did he not get the votes? Now you may say because of the Christians. Now Christians are not a majority in Goa, so who cares even if all the Christians did not vote. The Hindu Majority is more than enough isnt it? Yet why did he not? Who can answer this question better than Manohar Parrikar himself? I feel he should come forward and let the people of Goa know what he is and where he stands, and what he intends on doing for Goa. Absolute truth, and not promises to win the elections. He must apologize for the wrong portrayal of the Christians in the VCD he had produced. There is no harm in humbling himself. its one of the most genuine thing he can do and can win great rewards. If he intends to take Goa as Dr Carmo from USA says, than he should do so. He has to deny himself the VHP or RSS label as Goa does not need anyone who is communal. Enough is enough, Goa needs to move forward. There are many issues to be solved, prime being the language issue, the Kingdom of Candolim issue, as we already know, India too off all titles of all Princely kingdoms and only remaining one is in Candolim which is ruled by the Princess of Candolim.:), The other issues are garbage issue, airport issue, and of course there are many. Let him let the Goans what he intends on doing on all these issues and more and make Goa not only the IFFI centre of India, but real genuine tourist center of India. Cheers Jerry Fernandes
