----- Original Message ----- From: floriano
To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 8:53 AM Subject: PRESS STATEMENT FOR KIND FAVOUR OR PUBLICATION July 14, 2012 To, The Editor, O Herald O, Panjim-Goa. Sir, This has reference to the publication of the 'report' on the front page of your esteemed daily, O Herald O, dated July 13, 2012 captioned: "WAGH 'ROARS' OVER MOI - OBJECTS TO STAND TAKEN BY ITS GOVT ON ISSUE" The fact is that Mr. Wagh has not roared for KONKANI but for his mother tongue MARATHI as a pseudo Goan. Prior to the decision taken on MOI, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has gone on record for having said QUOTE MOI shall only be in Goa's Mother Tongue UNQUOTE This Party has applauded this statement and had cautioned him that GOA's Mother Tongue is KONKANI ONLY, that Marathi does not qualify to be GOA's Mother Tongue. This Party had further cautioned him that if Primary School Grants were extended to MARATHI as MOI, then his government shall be obligated to extend the same to Primary Schools with ENGLISH as MOI. He has done just that. Therefore, Mr. Wagh's statement that 'Elementary Education has to be in KONKANI or MARATHI' is baseless in GOA's context as KONKANI is the language SPOKEN and UNDERSTOOD by 95 plus per cent of Goa's Children and is Truly their Mother Tongue. Sorry to say that those of Goa's children who patronized Marathi Medium Primary Schools are 'TAUGHT' the Marathi Language and not 'INSTRUCTED' in it, as in the case of English Medium Primary Schools. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, for GOA SU-RAJ PARTY Sd/- Floriano Lobo Gen. Secretary/Spokesperson. Add: 383A Pirazona Moira Bardez Goa-403507 Tel: (0832) 2470223 Mob: 9890470896 - 9422060347 Website: www.goasu-raj.org
