Goa's Education Minister Mr. Babush Monseratte besides changing political parties has also been found to switch hobbies and educational qualifications.
Information sought from the Goas Legislative Secretariat under the Right to information Act has revealed that in his biodata Mr. Monseratte had in 2002 stated that he was S.Y.BA, while in 2007 submitted that he was a SSC holder from St Theresa's High School, Bandra, Bombay. In 2002 Mr. Monseratte had stated that his hobbies were reading books and watching movies, while in 2007 he stated that his hobbies were reading books and singing. In 2002 his sports interests were in Football, Cricket, Long Tennis, Squash, Judo and Boxing, while in 2007 he submitted that his sports activities were only playing Cricket, Football and Table Tennis. His favorite pastime and recreation in his 2002 biodata was watching movies but in 2007 Mr. Monseratte submitted that it was driving. What has remained the same is his profession as Businessman and his special interests, which Mr. Monseratte has stated, is to help the downtrodden and needy people. With the ongoing controversory about the Education Minister's educational qualifications it is surprising that Mr. Monseratte passed only Std 7th though his favourite hobby was reading books. Aires Rodrigues Ribandar
