<> When Manohar Parrikar was > in power he DID show how Panjim could be managed.
This is really rich. All that Manohar Parrikar DID for Panjim whenhe was in power was to indulge in his usual megalomania andbluster. He wanted to convert Goa into Singapore (which,incidentally, is a totalitarian police state). He dropped aturd called INOX on Panjim -- and did it at five times thelegitimate cost (where the rest of the money was channelled isanybody's guess). He wished IFFI on Panjim in perpetuity. Duringthe first year of IFFI, when he was in power, on the principle ofif-they-don't-have-bread-let-them-eat-cake he converted the wholearea into a circus, causing massive traffic jams and making life aliving hell for the residents.>[Vidyadhar Gadgil] One thing that could be added to this IFFI litany is the mucking up of drains along the arterial roads during the crash (no pun intended) job. This created havoc the following year when there was a heavier than normal monson. MP cooly washed his hands off of this by blaming the latter and the people of Panjim swallowed the line without demur! I concur with the view that MP may be afflicted by megalomania. At least he lacks an administrative sense of long term perspective badly needed in Goa and would not be suitable as a CM unless there are severe checks and balances on his headstrong actions.
