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Two new showrooms/office spaces, double height (135 sq m each with bath)
for lease in upscale Campal/Miramar beach area, Panaji, Goa.
Contact: [email protected]
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Whenever there is money to be made by politicians, which is 365 days in
every year, newer schemes surface. Let us go back in time and cast a glance
at the innovative money making rackets that have been responsible for Goa's
downfall and Politician's all time highs.
As far back as I can remember, there was the Miramar Beach Privatization
scheme which was shot down by conscious citizens. And I was one of those
conscious citizens who deposed before Manohar Parrikar's blue eyed boy Shri
Nandkumar Kamat set up as his one man commission. Manohar Parrikar pinned
all hopes on his blue eyed boy to wrangle this out for him by giving people
a supposedly unbiased 'know all' person as the one man commission. His
decision would be final, meaning to hell with democracy. When I deposed
before this upstart of a one man commission, which was being video taped, I
questioned him on all aspects of 'what is a beach' and 'what is
privatisation'. And then I exploded the ultimate bomb. I called it the
'money making racket' of its worst kind and that it must be scrapped at all
costs. Nandkumar Kamat was jolted by that statement warranting him to tell
the video guy to erase my comment. I challenged him to do that and I had
left.
As a follow up, never to give up, a mock meeting was organized at the Rotary
Club, Panjim. There, I was again given a God sent opportunity to speak from
the dais which they should not have, given my stand on the issue. When I
questioned Mrs. Rina Ray, the then Development Commissioner whose services
were roped in to influence gullible Goans, I started by questioning her if
she new what is a river-front (Mumbai's Otter's Club on which she was
harping) and what is a sea beach. She had no answers. I had left the dais
repeating my ditto statement that 'this was a money making racket' and must
be scrapped. Nandkumar, JC Almeida (Chairperson) were present. As I was
walking back to my seat, Mrs. Rina Ray announced to me to expect the
Lawyer's notice for defaming the good name of the Government. I had turned
back to to say ' make my day, maam'. There was no Lawyer's notice, no Mrs.
Rina Ray and no Privatization of the Miramar Beach. In the bargain, the
Judas who would sell the Miramar beach to the highest bidder got accolades
for giving his verdict against it's privatization and the day was saved for
the much touted 'internet scientist'
After this, there has been many such attempts like the IFFI where the BJP
made money on the lost out Miramar Beach Privatization. There was INOX, the
Kala Academy renovation, the Corjuem cable stayed bridge etc.
There was the EDC's One time Settlement which brought in suitcases of
currency to the BJP even at the cost of breaking the backs of those
blue-eyed boys of the RSS-BJP who were actually handling Goa's Industrial
Management and who carried them to the Nova Goa New Office.
And the Congress, which was left out of the booty came up with the IT Parks
and IT Habitats, the RP-2011, The MOPA Airport, the GMC upgradation, and now
the latest HSRPs. I have missed-out on a lot more other schemes for want
of space.
If only these rear-ends would understand the psyche of the Goan People,
they would leave them alone and sit with the books to do the home-work which
they have never attempted to even look at.
The Goa Su-Raj Party has officially, for the first time, voiced its
strongest of objections on this HSRP affair, today, at the TB Cunha Hall,
Panjim where the well attended All Goa Transporter's meet was held in the
morning.
Cheers
floriano
goasuraj
9890470896
www.goasu-raj.org
