Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was elected on his much publicized solemn vow of Zero tolerance to Corruption. After being in office for two and a half years he has now publicly declared that the entire Town and Country Planning as well as the Mines department are highly corrupt. Did he learn of this corruption only now? Was this not so, when he was CM on the earlier occasion? Many of those in these Departments were there, at the time of his earlier tenure too, while some may have retired or left service by now. And what about the time when he was the Leader of Opposition? Did he not realize all this for so long? If he knew all this, all this while, even before assuming office as CM in March, 2012, at least since then, what has the Chief Minister been doing for so long? Why is this being raked up as an issue to keep postponing the finalisation of the Regional Plan? Surely, the final say is with the Government. And would anyone believe that where Mr. Parrikar has desired, his writ has not run? Is this merely another ploy to distract the public and keep them fooled that the finalization of the Regional plan is taking time, due to these corrupt officials! Or is it that a special team is proposed to be brought in, as Super-specialist advisors, to make a blue-print (which may be currently under preparation in the back-rooms and dark labyrinths of the saffron-brigade, as per the instructions and inputs from the well-known dalals), to be then published for public objections, which would surely take care of the deserving interests who may have lined up the pockets of the politicians, much to the chargin of the lower officials? Manohar Parrikar’s promised war against corruption has never been waged as many of the Ministers and ruling MLAs besides party functionaries are themselves soaked in rampant corruption with the Chief Minister allowing them to have a field’s day as long as his Chair remains secure. The bonafides of the Chief Minister on rooting out corruption are further suspect as he has kept Goa without a Lokayukta and has allowed the very vital State Information Commission to remain dysfunctional. The mask is wearing off, Mr. Parrikar. Don’t squander the mandate given by the people of Goa. The Aam Aaadmi is fast losing patience as the promised ‘Ache din’ are nowhere in sight.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 04:42:51 +0000