In a very strange argument Rajendra Arlekar who was the Speaker of the Goa Assembly for the last over three years has claimed that he needed to be a Minister to ensure development of his Pernem Constituency. Is he implying that being a ruling MLA and holding the high office of Speaker he was unable to nurse his constituency which incidentally is neighboring Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar’s Mandrem constituency.
So if you have to be one of Goa’s 12 Ministers for your constituency to see development, does Rajendra Arlekar want to tell us that the other 38 constituencies have remained neglected. It would also make us presume that this government is very partisan while carrying out development, with the constituencies of the Opposition obviously left in the lurch. We all know that Ministers have much larger avenues to make money while the path of the Speaker to pocket is very limited. So Rajendra Arlekar would have to clarify whether his urge to be a Minister was indeed his self development under the guise of seeking Acche din for his constituents. We have all seen from Rajendra Arlekar’s own affidavit that his assets saw a huge rise within a year of him becoming Speaker. May be that was not satisfying enough, and he thus scouted for bigger pastures to graze on. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires www.airesrodrigues.com