Goa Elections: BJP manifesto promises Goa Lokayukta within 100 days
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will institute a Lokayukta in Goa
within 100 days of coming to power, according to the party’s poll
manifesto released Sunday. Former chief minister Manohar Parrikar told
reporters during the release function that all illegal mining cases
would be referred to the authority. He said all those facing allegations
of illegal mining right from the chief minister’s office down to the
bureaucracy will be tried by the Lokayukta. ”All illegal mining cases
will go to the Lokayukta. Government documentation available will be
enough to prosecute them,” Parrikar said.
The BJP has charged the Digambar Kamat-led government of presiding over
a Rs.25,000 crore illegal mining scam and have accused several cabinet
ministers of being involved in illegal mining. In its manifesto, which
was released by BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad Sunday, the party has also
called for regulation of illegal mining. ”Legal mining needs to be
regulated. Dedicated corridors to be developed with two and a half years
to ensure safer and trouble free transportation. 60 per cent of royalty
received by government on mining will be used for infra structure,
developmental projects, agricultural and environmental revitalisation in
the areas affected by mining,” the manifesto promises. Parrikar also
said the party would impose an environment cess on mining as well as
lobby with the central government to increase the royalty share of the
Goa government, which currently earns Rs.1,200 crore in the form of
royalty for 51 million tonnes of iron ore exported annually from Goa’s
Mormugao Port Trust (MPT).
Illegal mining has been a major issue in Goa over the last few years
with civil society groups as well as the opposition taking on the
Congress-led coalition government for not acting against the malaise.
Courtesy: twocircles
Goa-World.com Team joins TGF in putting the following question to the BJP:
When BJP-ruled states including Karnataka has no 'Lokayukta' in place,
how can the Goa BJP wing can assure the Goans about it!
TAKEN FROM A BLOG
http://akshar100.wordpress.com/page/14/
Mr. Manohar Parrikar’s success.
What is the difference between Mr. Parrikar and Mr. Digamber Kamat? No
matter how badly few people want Mr. Parrikar to come in power he is
unlikely to become CM again in future. On the other hand Mr. Digamber
Kamat is safely the CM is likely to enjoy a longer term in office than
Mr. Parrikar.
Same is the case with Babush, Churchill, Rane and others. These people
despite their worst public image are expected to rule us for a very long
time, after them perhaps their sons and daughters will.
I meet many people who claim that Mr. Parrikar’s insistence on high
standards, uncorruptability, inability to tolerate nonsense has cost him
his political career. Had he allowed Babush to have his ways he could
have still be in power.
Only retarded minds will need more arguments to get convinced that Mr.
Parrikar had provided more efficient and competent governance than
anyone else. But for me the real success of Mr. Parrikar lies in
converting the apathy of middle class towards politics into admiration.
He was loved by educated middle class people of the state. It was
because of him these people today have a voice.
He created a hope among people like me that we can still demand very
high standards in public office. That ordinary people with no money or
muscle power can still rise in politics and make a difference that lasts.
I think Mr. Parrikar was successful in bringing about that change. For
people who think being in office, grabbing land and money is all one has
to do be successful certainly he is a failure.
One best thing that happened due to BJP’s debacle in recent election was
Mr. Arun Shourie’s series in Indian Express whoing how a party withers
away. Several political observers noted this series as a must-read
articles of anyone who wishes to be in politics. Not many people in
politics have ability to read and write but then in one of those posts
Mr. Shourie writes about how we define success. Something that critiques
of Mr. Parrikar should remember.
For all too often, we get discouraged because we define “success” too
narrowly. We champion a cause; we make a demand. If that cause does not
prevail, if that demand is not conceded, we think the campaign or
movement has failed. The traducers certainly proclaim as much.[source]
And what happens even if the leader, organization fails to achieve the
goal it strived for? If a person like Mr. Parrikar has failed to win
elections, failed to be in power and hence failed to give the kind of
governance he promised? Or what if the people who detest or the leaders
who are against us or the leader, party give a better governance at some
point of time in future?
Either the correctives we have prescribed will be adopted or the
consequences of not adopting those correctives will befall the
organisation and its controllers. If we have been wrong all along, and
our forecasts and warnings do not come true, the sequence will teach us
humility.[source]
I think thats the attitude we need to wear on our sleeve.
The apologist of corrupt.
“A particular minsiter who is known as a land shark and goon is a
messiah of poor. He takes money from rich and delivers it to the poor.
He gives money to any needy. He has build a 4 lane road to his house and
he paid money from his pocket to the people whose land was accquired in
the process.” I was listening to one friend.
Arguing with such people that what he is doing is a gross misuse of
public office is useless. People say that they care little about
governance. They are interested in what personal benefit that they have
in a partcular person getting elected.
A very large population today thinks on these lines. They get easily
convinces by slogans. They do not understand the policies that
government is proclaiming to be poor-friendly are actually hollow in
terms of delivering results.
What happens as a result is that corrupt people occupy the office. They
screw up the governance. They slow down the pace of development, they
ensure that general public remains poor and helpless while giving away
enough dole to keep them happy as individual.
After all you wont get outraged due to the pathetic conditions of the
roads if you are getting a car from government. You will not complain
about inflation if you are allowed to take bribe in your office. If you
are incompetent for a job you can still get it by paying bribe and hence
you will keep your mouth shut for those who are competent but denied the
job.
The apologists then establish a casual relationship between the cause
and consequence. Bribes and corruption is a necessary evil because of
inflation they say. They have the perfect justification for all their
immoral, unethical and distasteful acts.
LAST GASP: Election Time is Carnival Time in Amchem Goa. Enjoy. But
ensure that you vote for the right candidate
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