Manohar Parrikar has been deceptively projecting himself as somebody simple with no flunkeys, no security, carrying his own luggage and flying economy class on low-cost airlines. But true to the saying that ‘power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely’ the Defence Minister has been misusing the Indian Air force aircraft AVRO on some of his very frequent politicking visits to Goa. The AVRO has been ferrying Manohar Parrikar to Goa and remains parked in the naval base at Dabolim Airport till Manohar Parrikar finishes his political chores and is ready to fly back. Manohar Parrikar in gross abuse of power has been craftily fixing some odd defence Ministry related symbolic official functions in and around Goa to be able to camouflage it as an official visit to misuse the AVRO and unnecessarily burden the tax payer. The AVRO can be used only for official work by the Defence Minister besides the Chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air force. The AVRO is a twin engine turboprop aircraft having a capacity of 48 passengers with a maximum cruise speed of 452 km an hour. Having left Goa leaving a mind boggling long trail of rampant corruption and nepotism over the two and a half years as Chief Minister, we would now have to keep a very watchful and vigilant eye on all those defence deals being knotted by Manohar Parrikar. The dog’s tail never straightens, does it?
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 23:58:19 +0000