We need urgent and far reaching radical electoral reforms to ensure sanity on the political turf. As Politics is no longer a mission but has become a very gainful profession, there must be a retirement age mandated by law. The law must also prescribe minimum educational qualifications for those contesting elections. Those having criminal cases […]
Month: October 2022
TRAFFIC MAYHEM IN PANAJI DUE TO ILLEGAL PARKING BY CASINO VEHICLES & TOURIST TAXIS
The Government has directed the Director General of Police and Director of Transport to take necessary action over the utter traffic chaos in Panaji due to the illegal parking by Casino vehicles and Tourist taxis. Under Secretary Home Pritidas Gaonkar has also forwarded to the two officials the complaint submitted to the Chief Secretary drawing […]
OBJECTIONABLE APPOINTMENT OF N.D.AGARWAL AS ADVISOR OF PRINTING PRESS
Minister for Printing & Stationery Rohan Khaunte has brazenly appointed the 70 year old Mr. N.D. Agarwal as Advisor in the Printing & Stationery department on a monthly salary of Rs 50,000/-. The appointment of N.D.Agarwal as Advisor is in total violation and breach of the established rules and norms with Minister Khaunte having done […]
FOR THE BJP ABUSE OF POWER KNOWS NO BOUNDS
The BJP government has been known for its gross abuse of Power. In the history of Goa, while as a Union Territory and later as a State, now for the first time ever the Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly Ramesh Tawadkar has been given two police escort vehicles to accompany him, a perk and […]
THOSE EIGHT MLAS WILL FACE THE WRATH OF GOD & MANKIND
The skewed statement by Calangute MLA Michael Lobo that earlier leaving the BJP was a mistake is ludicrous which only concedes his political immaturity. Has he yet not realized that politics must be a serious affair and cannot be a child’s play? It also demonstrates a clear lack of judgment, something which elected representatives and […]
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO PROF SUBHASH VELINGKAR
I take this opportunity to greet my friend Prof Subhash Velingkar as he today completes 75 years of his life. Birthdays are important milestones in our lives, not only to celebrate but more importantly to reflect on the life lived, on the joys and pains experienced, on the successes achieved, on shortcomings faced, on friends and […]
THE OLD MUST MAKE WAY FOR THE YOUNG
The great American writer Robert Heinlein had said “Age is not an accomplishment, and youth is not a sin”. The Congress by pitching for the 80 year old Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge as its head is taking a step towards its political grave. After a series of political mishaps, the party seems unable to grasp the […]
GOVERNOR PILLAI MUST DELIVER
Goa Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai has started touring Goa constituency wise. Is it a sight seeing venture? He has publicly acknowledged that he is just a nominal head with no powers, so why this futile exercise further burdening the taxpayers. Does he realize that on the days he is touring a constituency the people are […]
SWACHH BHARAT A FAILED MISSION
On that Gandhi Jayanti amidst much fanfare on 2nd October 2014 the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was launched by Narendra Modi across the country. High expectations were raised but that cleanliness drive has however remained a mere paper fancy for ulterior political motives with the campaign miserably faltering across the nation while crores of tax-payers money has been recklessly poured down the […]
WILL THE GOVT WALK ITS TALK
With the Goa government having now directed that every file must be cleared within three days, we will have to see how soon the Chief Secretary who is also the Chief Vigilance Officer acts on the report submitted by the Directorate of Vigilance after examining the complaint over the exorbitant expenditure incurred and the serious procedural […]