October 14, 2008
To,
The Editor,
Herald; Gomantak Times, Navhind Times; Times of India; Goan Observer; Goa
Today; Navprabha; Gomantak; Tarun Bharat; Sunaparant; Goa Doot; V. Ixtt;
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Canada Goans; Goanet.
Sir,
Subject: Press Statement for kind favour of publication.
Attached herewith please find the Party's stand on the grievous assault by
anti-social elements over the person of Adv. Aires Rodrigues and Prof.
Prajal Sakhardande, yesterday night.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
for Goa Su-Raj Party
Sd/-
(Floriano C. Lobo)
General Secretary/Spokesperson
(Mobile) 9890470896
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Press Statement
The Goa Su-Raj Party is shocked at the way criminal and grievous assault has
been made by Goa's anti-social elements on the person of social activists
Adv. Aires Rodrigues and Prof. Prajal Sakhardande in a public place in the
City of Panjim. In this connection, the Party would like to state as
under:-
1.. That this grievous assault on Adv. Aires Rodrigues is directly linked
to the ongoing investigations in the matter of a member of the family of Goa's
Education Minister having been involved in meting out cell-phone oriented
sexual harassment to the German citizen residing in Goa, which
investigations Adv. Aires Rodrigues was actively pursuing. That Prof. Prajal
Sakhardande has been caught in the cross fire is unfortunate.
2.. That Goa's renewed and indiscriminate social and environmental
activism has unsettled the corrupt politicians and their henchmen cum vested
interests is altogether apparent from this grievous assault as well as the
manhandling, beating-up in full view of Goa Police and the subsequent
arrests of an underage child along with a lady octogenarian and other known
anti-mining activists who were peacefully protesting at the Quepem mining
site, trying to bring awareness to the world of the degradation and
destruction caused to Goa's environment in the name of mining for iron ore,
benefits of which are far from reaching the comman man.
3.. That the Goa Government led by Shri. Digamber Kamat is
whole-heartedly conniving with the corrupt politician/bureaucratic nexus is
amply evident from the impotency and lack of will displayed by the
government in curbing the immoral businesses or otherwise activities of a
few patrons, allowing the law and order machinery to be waylaid almost to
the extent of making it non-existent to the detriment of the citizenry of
Goa. As such, Shri. Digamber Kamat has lost the right to remain in office
as Goa's Chief Minister and must resign forthwith clearing the way for the
imposition of President's rule in Goa to protect the life and limb of
conscious citizens of Goa.
The Goa Su-Raj Party believes that it is imperative that the people of Goa
must, once again, 'unite' in one voice, as 'one person', just like they
did on the 18th. December, 2006 at Azad Maidan, to free Goa from the loosely
held criminal-intent driven Goa administration once and for all, so that
Goa's precious and scant resources such as 'land', 'water' and Goa's unique
'forest cover' with its mineral resources be saved for its posterity from
the clutches of this unethical profiteering lot who are continually
brain-washing gullible Goans that they are working in their interests.
The Goa Su-Raj Party appeals to the sensibilities of matured and conscious
Goans for timely action, and soon, if Goa is not to pay a heavy price for
this indecisiveness where Goa's mainstays, the Police Force is being
completely criminalized slowly but surely with the Judiciary not lagging
much behind.
TheGoa Su-Raj Party wishes a speedy recovery to Adv. Aires Rodrigues and
Prof. Prajal Sakhardande and wish them well
End.
