The Goan explores Devu Chodankars predicament and the consequence it now has on voicing ones personal opinion in a social forum. Devu Chodankars public apology following much heat- “With Gujrat 2002 riots at the back of mind, there was genuine fear that something similar could happen to any religious minority under the Modi government. This is a genuine fear based on information available in plenty on the internet. These fears found expression on the social media. On the post, there were some comment, which, although not intended to cause disharmony or enmity among communities, were avoidable. I express my sincere apology to all my fellow Goans for using such words.” Yet he still remains under trail. This is bigger and of larger impact than we can grapple. Is it the work of outright misjudgment , wheels of politics or the gross abuse of our rights as citizens of a democratic country? The entire scrutiny by our Deputy Chief Reporter Basuri Desai can be found in the link below. thegoan.net/Goa/Scrutiny/FaceBooked/08068.html
Posted on: Sat, 31 May 2014 10:01:13 +0000