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Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Floriano Lobo wrote on Goanet: I am not born yesterday not to know that our esteemed CM was speaking on a religious occasion and to know that the context was honourable. However, it is sad that our politicians have pushed this context far too forward and every opportunity they get, they give us this holier than thou bullshit while indulging in mega corruption themselves. Let our esteemed CM agree to have Enforcement Directorate investigate his assets and holdings and let us see if he has earned them by the sweat of his brows. If not let him and others who defend him eat the humble pie and refrain from dishing us, the vulnarable aam admi, the bullshit that we cannot digest. I must say here that I have no axe to grind with you or anyone on this forum. I see it as 'bad , corrupt and self indulgent governance' ..... Ram Rajya my foot. -------------------------------------------------- My response: Floriano’s arguments are bereft of logic and substance. Going by them, it indeed looks as though he was born yesterday. Well, as the adage goes, “If you can’t convince, confuse.” He keeps talking about the trees, the leaves, the sun and the weather when all we need to do is focus on the eye of the bird. The topic before us is whether or not the words “Ram Rajya” used in a speech by an elected representative constitutes an unsecular act. In the present case, the expression was invoked by the Chief Minister Digamber Kamat in a speech he made on ‘Dussera’. One letter appeared in the Herald that the CM, by his utterances, had committed an unsecular act. Floriano echoed that viewpoint. That is solely the topic before us. I have outlined the reasons why invoking the words “Ram Rajya” should not be perceived as an unsecular gesture by highlighting the origins of the word, what “Ram Rajya” means, and how it is now common terminology in Indian political circles, used as a metaphorical concept that simply means an Ideal administration. Whether the CM is an epitome of corruption or a paragon of virtues and honesty is immaterial to the scope of this debate. It is, for all purposes, a red herring. For the records, I am not standing up for the CM or for that matter for any of the other – to use Nigel Britto’s words - 40 State disasters. But that is the scope of discussion of another topic. Cheers Sandeep
