Me, Manohar Parrikar and his overreacting fans ‘Bharatiya Janta Party ka, vijay ho’ Whereas, BJP has already won and we still continue hearing such slogans at public meetings etc Another slogan we heard at Azad Maidan by a speaker Goyant Komoll ful’lem, Goy porot svotontr zalem (Lotus bloomed in Goa: Goa liberated again) Whereas, almost all Hindus take it as their win or as if BJP belongs to them only. I guess, that is a natural behaviour. Some fans on the net, with their writings on the walls, give impression as if they are spokespersons of Manohar Parikar (MP) or BJP for that matter. They say MP knows who is been good or bad or who has supported him and who did not. Their immature or childish writings also implies that Parrikar is Chief Minister of 21 constituencies only and not whole of Goa. Yet, there are some fans who we thought gentlemen, are now seen changing tune or tone of their language which reminding me that of ‘r’s. It’s very surprising and hurting too. Somehow, I feel or I have a reason to believe that I am directly or indirectly depicted as ‘bad’ and that MP been already informed about of it.. That's their childishness! There is a lot expected from the new govt, in another words, we expect a change. Let us not count the chicken before they are hatched “Doryant asa moddso ani mol korta piso’ Let us not react or overreact from over the top, for in politics anything is possible. Just because there are 21 in BJP that does not mean they will remain firm and united forever and no one can guarantee that. There was a time where many said ‘United BJP’ and that there are no disgruntled elements within the party legislature wing. We have seen 2-3 exited within last 2-3 months. Of the 12 ministerial berths, 3 will go outside BJP, 6 sworn-in on 9th (portfolios not allotted yet, looks like there infighting already for PWD dept or whatever). Of the remaining 16, there remained only 4 berths. For a legal split within the party, one will need a group of 7 or more. And we already started to hear from the Cong . camp that the present govt will be toppled within 6 months. In politics, nothing is impossible. Our Chief Minister too (oops, I don’t mean our family Chief Minister as some may have assumed that way re. my earlier posts) should not keep on giving time bound assurances or promises e.g. building roads/bridges within specific time. No one can guarantee that unless one has both finance and land at his disposal. Building bridges needs money and land. Land acquisition takes time. Some landlords may take it to the court and then again appealing against the decision of the lower courts and so on. People or the villagers too may have objections to it. They fear of demolition of houses and structures due to road widening, fear of trucks and heavy traffic, fear of land sharks, fear of thefts and crimes etc etc. We have read about these sort of objections at Raia –Shiroda, Ribandar-Chorao including Panchayats etc Even at Calvim, villagers were not too keen on having bridge for the reasons or fears mentioned above. Their mindset may or may not have changed now due the tragic incident there on February 18, 2012 Talking about 100 days time frame for Lokayukta, it all depend on when the bill returns back from Delhi. It may even come back seeking more clarification or amendments and after ratification or amendments (during assembly session), it may again go the Goa Governor who in turn will send it to President (Delhi) there again it may go back to committee of legal advisers etc After the given time frame has elapsed, we can’t simply give excuse saying ‘ Oh, it pending at Delhi, nothing I can do about..’ ‘Oh, the land requisition is challenged in the court of law, I can’t do anything about it..’ ‘Oh!, There is a two month long Model Code of Conduct (Panchayat elections), nothing can be done about it until say end of May or june’ Talking on eradication of corruption from grass root level ‘corruption ami mulla-passun umttun udoitole’ MP http://youtu.be/O6lvE6u0-UM?t=3m14s In reality, can this really happen? Don’t we have some people or ministers in this govt who were also part of previous govt? I remember MP as an opposition Leader, himself alleged in the house that there is a scam in HSRP high security number plates contract. I am sure, ‘No Corruption’ was not the part of the agreement of pre-poll alliance
Am I for BJP? Or Am I changing tune just because BJP in Power? Well, 5 years ago, I did openly said we should give Parrikar a chance for that I got so many stabbing. In many forum have been openly labelled as wearing saffron mask. Secret agent of BJP and so on. Very recently, when I announced BJP’s goodies giving both pages of manifesto, http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk51/6961852957/ I got one line mail ‘Come on admit it, you and your work is funded by BJP’ My work here is like that of a newspapers or Television (except mine is not an economic or business activity). I don’t expect favours from anyone not even from govt. (except good wishes via email only) Over 2350 watched the pics and the video on election results, Oath taking ceremony etc and increasing by av. 50 per day even now. (The fans who came down for the ceremony, could easily arrange LIVE streaming on youtube but no, they only come for their guru and nobody else). For that matter over 15,000 watched my Calvim tragedy Pics/blog and over 6000 watched ‘Meet Goan Survivors of Costa Concordia’ and it is still increasing day by day. I wish Parrikar Govt. all the best. Like many, I too wished a change in the Govt. I too believed in giving Parrikar once more chance. PS. As you can see, a very hurtful post on the net, made me to write on this. sorry, to take your time. [email protected] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
