Dear Goanetters, Miguel wrote:
Please NAME the "GBA and SVM who have sold out to the Congress" ...as alleged by you. I have named Dr.Selwyn as the hesitant signatory to the pro-Parrikar advertisement before the 02 June , 2007 Assembly election, as per YOUR request to put a name to the person I referred to..... unless you are making a wild allegation like Manohar Parrikar is doing about a DySP throwing the first stone on 19 February, 2008 outside the Panaji Police station. He has not dared to name the alleged Dy SP who allegedly threw the stone. He is your leader. If you are different and have what it takes to be called a MAN, name the "GBA and SVM leaders who have sold out to the Congress" on this list. To borrow a few lines from Remo's illustrated "Letter to the Editor" in the GT today [01 March, 2008] perhaps you "could take inspiration from Oscar Rebelo, who achieves so much for Goa without flaunting his medical title" "Enough about futilities." "Unless, of course, .... the writings do not carry enough weight on their own." I do not even know if your prefix "Dr." is medical or like the one of the "Dr." in the story of the "Posiedon Adventure"...or worse. You wrote: "Goa is ashamed of them." .... and may I query who has appointed YOU as the spokesman for Goa? Have you acquired the "Divine Right" from the Tudors and the Stewarts along with your work visa in UK? Is it something like a Bed-n-Breakfast charter flight or something that you can pay for in UK and enjoy in Goa? Response, Dear Miguel, I have always admired your command over English language. particularly with regard to the incomprehensible phrases you usually use in the last paragraphs of your postings. Today I hail your knowledge of history, the bit about tudors and stewarts having the rights to speak on behalf of Goans. You would like Anand to name individuals selling their souls to congress? Well, I have named Bhatiker who professed his support to digu at the SVM rally at Margao. I was there at the meeting and it was reported in at least one Goan newspaper. Besides, what about the Oscar Rebello article showering praises on Digu? You probably believe that it is alright as long as the writer then wriggles out of his difficulty by simply stating that these are his personal views and not of the GBA. I have personally discussed the issue of politics and GBA with Oscar and his last sentence in that conversation was 'give us three years' - to enter politics that is. We would like him and other GBA leaders to enter politics and then support whichever party they wish to. What we object to is these fellows being closet 'Congressmen'. This way, they get all the Kudos that comes from being leaders of a NGO and they can use that to further their political objective in clandestine ways. Why do you think, on the eve of last election, Oscar Rebello went as far as blaming Anand and others for 'any communal problems that might arise' in Goa should Parrikar win? Our fault - we were openly supporting Parrikar as CM in newspaper ads. Would you like more names? what about Kamat Bambolar? Surely you must have read the posting by Amol navelkar on the goanet yesterday. In your last post, you made a fantastic discovery - that Anand and I had openly supported Parrikar as the CM. We have given our reasons for this on this forum before and the Visceral comments against this have been the likes of 'BJP brigade, pimping for Parrikar' etc. If, like Bosco, you have problem with the word visceral, then please google for the meaning of this word and you will see my point, probably. If you had done your research properly, you will have discovered that I was one of the speakers at the GBA rally in Panaji in December 06, that I spoke at over 30 public meetings against Nylonn6,6 and Dupont in 1994, I spoke at several public meetings in doctors strike against reservations in 1980s and in several meetings in the 50% bus fare agitation in the seventies. You will have even discovered that the then Congress government had filed a FIR against me under TADA( terrorism and destructive activities act) in 1994 but did not have the guts to prosecute me despite my direct challenge to the then IGP to do so. You will have also found that it was following my complaint to the Indian Human rights commission that IHRC criticised Congress government for the death of Nilesh Naik and ordered it to pay financial compensation to his family. If you need more info on me and Anand,next time, please ask us directly. So, Miguel, although it would be nice to inhabit your planet, we are happy with where we are and what we do. Honesty and integrity does have its rewards too. By the way, when I suggested to the Parrikar haters to take the opportunity of proving that he had met with SEZ promoters in Mumbai - all you could suggest was a proof of air travel to Mumbai and Bus journey to Bandra? Surely, you must have gathered some more clinching evidence by now. Dr Anil Desai
