Sorry, Jose, call me 'riddles !' Of course, it was the first CM, Dayanand Bandodkar. 'Career' princeling Rane, who married the daughter of a Carnatic Raja, never did want to miss a boat, or tide ! He signed on early to the movement, and co-authored the Daya Bandodkar manifest, so to speak. This inspite of the very public anti caste-Hindu stance of the Bandodkar clan. Cricket teamer DB was never burdened with intellectual pretensions: he used his assets to buy what he dreamed of. The party was a minor family expense, and defectors like Orlando Siq. Lobo could name a price. Mr. Rane was chef-de-cabinet, and de facto ruler who effectively merged Goa with two adjacent districts of Maharashtra. It would be quite a stretch to call DB his mentor: I can picture Rane playing Marathi tutor to DB over lunch everyday.
Enigmas ! eric. ________________________________ From: "J. Colaco < jc>" <[email protected]> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, May 17, 2011 12:38:33 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] MGP, early on ! eric pinto wrote: 1: Mr. Rane was an eager Party lieutenant ....... He would effectively govern the territory for the CM from the inception of the first legislature and Cabinet. 2: I sometimes believe Mr. Bandodkar was secretly pleased when statehood arrived. COMMENT: #1 is Not very clear. Does it refer to Bandodkar or Rane? #2 is curious. Is Eric referring to Bandodkar or the late (at the time of Statehood) Bandodkar? jc
