andeep heble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: While I do agree with Dr. Anand Virgincar's contentions that Parrikar did not make contradictory statements, Parrikar's intentions were definitely contradictory.
On day 1, i.e. on the night of 19th February,Parrikar... hit out at those who had brutally attacked the Police station. On day 2, Parrikar pretended to use the balanced approach, criticizing both the Police and the Mob in his Press Conference. On day 3, Parrikar completely forgot about the violence unleashed against the Police force .... was, after all, just what the doctor had ordered, an opportunity to embarrass the Government. One does not need to be a rocket scientist to state the obvious. Parrikar ...intentions were definitely contradictory. jc's response: As one who has been critical of (inter alia) Mr. Parrikar's silence during the Fontainhas vandalisation episode (don't know if Mr Heble has commented on that), I write to state that I support Mr. Parrikar's stands on this issue. This wasn't just a static event - it was an evolving one. I submit the following: 1. Politicians are also regular human beings. They react to events as they are reported. That explains the Day(or Night) 1 statement. I ask - WAS it wrong for Parrikar to criticise the mob attack on the police station? 2: As the dust settles and a new dawn appears - one learns more. The attack on the Monseratte house was rightfully condemned along with the attack on the police station (day 2). WAS it wrong for Parrikar to criticise the police attack on the Monseratte residence? 3: As more details are made known i.e. the ASSAULT and BATTERY of individuals including women and children - the reaction of the police comes (rightly) under further criticism. Just imagine what the reaction would have been IF it was the Salazar police (all Goans who immediately joined the Indian Police Force) had done this very same stuff. Monseratte and Co would have been hailed as Freedom Fighters! Would they not have been? 4: It is natural that Parrikar (as an opposition leader) will use every opportunity to criticise the Govt when such an event occurs. He would have done the very same thing if the Vandals of Fontainhas were Congress chaps and the Govt of the day ..Congress! What is it they say ...Their "terrorist" is Our "freedom fighter". We should have known that by now. That is Politics. Get used to it. 5: The important point here is WAS Mr. Parrikar wrong in his criticisms? I'd say absolutely NOT. I will submit that Mr. Parrikar was absolutely Right. 6: I am not as good as Mr. Heble to be certain of the 'intentions' of another person. I can only assume that Mr. Heble supports Mr. Kamat - who I personally believe to be trying his best in very difficult situation. That is the nature of Politics esp when dealing with a minefield of the corrupt, disingenuous, avaricious and unscrupulous Goa politicians. 7: Mr Kamat's main problem - and India's is the following: Politicians are not always true to the motto of the Party they belong to (albeit transiently and conveniently) - except the core members of the BJP. In Goa, there is NO difference between the politicians who support the Congress today or the the BJP yesterday, the MGP the day before and possibly the BJP again tomorrow. They are the very same people who undergo the urge to defect to the ruling party or potentially ruling party. 8: As James Carville once advise President Bill Clinton - It is all about the Economy. A few decades earlier, the famous Dr. Kui is reported to have said about Bandodkar and the MGP politicians (and the ones who were defecting (bought) from the UGP to MGP) : "Hoh sounsar samko KUI." That loosely translates into the following; "It's all about the Poixe". just my view jc
