Section 25A of our Criminal Procedure Code clearly mandates that all Public Prosecutors, Additional Public Prosecutors and Special Public Prosecutors in the High Court are subordinate to the Director of Prosection. But in a very blatant illegality, strangely all the Public Prosecutors at the Bombay High Court at Goa are reporting to the Advocate General […]
Month: June 2019
ABUSE OF POWER
The recent appointment of three new Ministers in Maharashtra though they are currently not legislators has raised many eyebrows given that the Assembly elections in the State are due in three months. In May 2012 a similar anomaly arose in Goa when the then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was attempting to very high-handedly induct Alina […]
MOHAN RANADE WAS A BRAVE AND FEROCIOUS WARRIOR
With the death of Mohan Ranade, Goa has lost a true and sincere friend. Mohan Ranade had lived for many years in Ribandar and it was then that I was so privileged as a student to have many vivid interactions with this great and knowledgeable gentleman who always lived a very modest and simple life. […]
GOA CM PRAMOD SAWANT IS LOOSING HIS MARBLES
A day after desperately pleading with the Union Finance Minister for a 2000 crore assistance to tide up the acute financial crunch being faced by the State,very ironically Chief Minister Pramod Sawant goes to Uttar Pradesh and assures the people of Amethi that the Goa Government will fully fund any project there in memory of […]
IT CAN’T BE ZERO ACTION AGAINST CORRUPTION
Will Chief Minister Pramod Sawant please investigate as to how a BJP henchman is offering to fill direct Dy S.P posts due to be recruited shortly at a rate of 75 lakhs by claiming that it will be a donation towards the party’s funds. Any post must be filled on merit by the best man […]
CHIEF MINISTER PRAMOD SAWANT SHOULD PERFORM OR PERISH
The very unjustified and uncalled for public statement by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant that few government servants ask money from public in the name of Ministers while promising jobs is a matter of great concern. If the Chief Minister has evidence to that effect, why is he not ordering a probe and taking stringent action […]
CRORES DOWN THE DRAIN ON A FAILED SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN
On 2nd October 2014 the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was launched across the country amidst much fanfare. High expectations were raised but the cleanliness drive has however remained a mere paper tiger with the campaign miserably faltering while crores have been poured down the drain. Even in a tiny State like Goa it has been a total failure as garbage continues to be […]
GOVERNANCE IN GOA HAS GONE FOR A TOSS
The Chief Secretary being the head of the bureaucracy, the transfer and postings of all Government officials should have been his prerogative. But sadly, we are witnessing the very high-handed manner in which Ministers and ruling MLAs are holding the government to ransom by demanding that officers of their personal choice be appointed to particular […]
ROHAN KHAUNTE HAS OVER-STEPPED THE MARK!
The much skewed and awfully distasteful uncalled for statement by the now ego puffed Revenue Minister Rohan Khaunte on government servants running side business after office hours is outrageous to say the least. It is cheap gesture politics to fool the gullible especially as MLAs and Ministers refuse to lead by example and who see […]
STRAYING POLITICIANS AND STRAY ANIMALS
The sole focus of this BJP led government has been to innovate every possible politrik to reign in straying politicians. But given the fact that the government has been unable to keep its promise of making the roads of Goa ‘pothole-free’, will the authorities at least ensure that our roads are cattle free. The alarming […]