Dear Goans; Goa netters,
Against my reservations and/or doubts if the intended interview would take
place, it being a GOOD FRIDAY, I am happy to report that it did take place as
rescheduled at the office of the Leader of the Opposition, Secretariat,
Porvorim, starting sometime at or after 7 p.m.and taking all of 2 + hours with
a couple of well deserved breaks, mostly for Rajan to refurbish his tonsils and
for MP to get sufficiently recharged on his daily doze of nicotine.
I am not very happy about being the only goanetter around to give the 'shot in
the arm' to Rajan besides. Rajan would probably be a little less comfortable in
the company of a few BJP'wallas and the camera crew. I must admit that Rajan
has firmly cast his 'anchor' as far as anchoring goes, and he has done a pretty
good job of it too. He did persevere to complete the whole routine at one go,
without having to do it in parts. The only thing that may be missed is the
professional touch of recording a preamble after every break and going on to
continue with the rigours of the questions and answers. Knowing Rajan to be a
perfectionist, he might have already corrected the same through editing.
I am glad that I sacrificed lending my feeble helping hands to bring down JESUS
from the CROSS (which HE must be tired of, anyway) to lend moral support to
Rajan as an active GOANETTER which was not entirely without bonuses. I got my
chance to tell MP a thing or two during the short breaks as regards his camera
answers. I must admit that those 2+ hours were not entirely fun as neither MP
was generous enough to quench the dry throats, but also the airconditioning had
to be put off during this entire ordeal as it was making too much noise for the
cameras to bear.
I must say that MP came through quite well thro' the ordeal of facing the other
side of the Parrikar line, but as a silent observer during the ongoing session
and not so silent observer during the breaks, I must admit that I have agreed
to disagree with MP on quite a few fronts. I will not want to remove the
'shine' of the recording before it is ready to be posted for comments but I
will indicate as to where and how I differ with the views held by MP.
MP: I had no experience in administration when I took over as CM.
FC: Not required at all after having been MLA for so long. A person in CMs
chair need not be and cannot be a 'KNOW ALL' but must be a SOLOMON to take the
ultimate decisions from a plethora of advices/suggestions from experts.
MP: (Re: VCD)
FC: Cannot and will not go by what MP has said. He was the Education Minister
besides being the CM. He should have known better than to push the VCD.
MP: Re: Curchorem riots.
FC: Agree with MP to a certain point.
MP: Re: reduced size of the Cabinet and intelligence of Ministers.
FC: Do not agree at all with MPs views.
MP: Re: Rave Parties.
FC: Do not agree at all.
MP: Re: IFFI
FC: Do not agree. It could have been undertaken the following year on a modest
lines of IFFI-2007.
Well, well, well. As I have said earlier, I do not want to take the 'shine' off
the recording before hand. The world of Goans must see if they agree or do not
agree with MP on various points. Re: MPs statement " People considered me as a
dictator when I wanted to put my foot down against tolerating nonsense" my
advice to him (off the camera ofcourse) was that he should have been more of a
dictator than a climbing down parrot. As a parting shot re the topic of
sacking of Babush Monserrate as TCP minister, this is what I have told MP and
he has taken it smiling:
" Manohar, you must realise that you scored 100 points out of 100 with the
people when you sacked Babush. But you lost all those points plus many more
when you wanted to stay in power by sheer force. You should have let Congress
form the government. The people of Goa would have brought you back with double
force. But instead, you are responsible for handing the well-being of the Goan
people in the hands of CORRUPT ; NO GOOD; VISIONLESS Congress Stooges.
The End.
Here's wishing one and all a very happy EASTER
floriano
goasuraj
