Saturday, February 13, 2016

[IAC#RG] TREAT STUDENT POLITICIAN AS POLITICIAN AND NOT AS STUDENT

    

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                                                                                          TREAT STUDENT POLITICIAN AS POLITICIAN AND NOT AS STUDENT




When I was a student in Annamalai University in Tamil Nadu, I attended a meeting addressed by Mr. V.V.Giri, former Vice President and President of India.

During the question and answer session, I asked Mr.V.V.Giri as to whether the students can get themselves involved in political activities. Mr. V.V. Giri replied without hesitation that students should do the following three things, namely study, study and study.


Mr. Giri  who was an active trade union leader before becoming the Vice President of India pointed out that students should know politics but should not involve themselves in politics, as it would divert the attention from the primary task of studying and learning. Students getting involved in politics is neither in their interest nor in the interest of the nation.


The recent incidents in J N U, Delhi , where students planned cultural programme to protest against the hanging of Afzal Guru, the agitation by students in Hyderabad University when a student committed suicide and the support readily given to such agitations by politicians , only highlight the fact that politics have made deep inroads in the academic institutions and universities.


In recent times in Tamil Nadu,  several students have indulged in rowdy like behavior and frequently indulged in condemnable acts such as fighting between themselves with knives, hijacking the transport buses and even murdering teachers. Many of such students have affiliations to one political party or the other and if the police would initiate action against them, politicians interfere in their support.


It is seen that more than 95% of the students are interested only in academic pursuits. Only  minority  of students who have criminal mind set or who want to launch themselves as politicians in future, indulge in such rowdy like behavior.  Unfortunately, the print and visual media give huge publicity to such deplorable activities of small group of students, which virtually amount to encouraging  them,  as these politicians in the making get all the publicity that they want.


In this scenario, it is appropriate that the Government of India has taken action against the agitating JNU students  and strongly deplored their behavior. As expected, several politicians in the opposition parties and some so called activists criticize the  action of the government of India with  ready made statements such as curtailing the freedom and reminiscence of the emergency days etc. As usual, the print and visual media give more publicity and space  to the activities of the student and utterances of the critical politicians, than the views of the government.


It is high time that we treat the student  politician as politician and not as student and refrain from giving the benefit of treating  with kid gloves. 


N.S.Venkataraman

Nandini Voice For The Deprived

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Re: [IAC#RG] A PANCHANAMA OF BJP’s FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE

@ Ravindran PM

I hope you realize you're dumping Vajpayee into the Congress muck.

Jokes apart, the point is to measure achievements against claims. No one had forced BJP to make promises it cannot deliver. If it is not possible to "clean 60 years of muck" (as though the country achieved nothing till Modi), then BJP could have promised what it could do - which is the idea of election promises, no? BJP hadn't promised to "clean 60 years of muck" - nor does it seem to even be interested in starting, it had promised specific actions, which it did not deliver, as Aires Rodrigues pointed out. I fail to see the utility of generalizing very specific evaluations into some mumbo jumbo that ends up somehow blaming Congress. If BJP cannot govern a place ruled by Congress before, it might as well quit politics.


On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Ravindran P M <raviforjustice@gmail.com> wrote:
There is no doubt that your analysis is bang on target. But to be fair to NaMo and BJP, do you think it is possible to clean the muck accumulated by the thugs, scoundrels and traitors of scamgress in 60 plus years of their reign? Will transplanting the head make all the difference to the total personality of a person. Poor NaMo, he could not even avoid taking Jaitely, discarded by the electorate in no uncertain terms, into his cabinet! Do you think that such provisions in the Constitution are in any way good for democracy? I am personally of the opinion that our Constitution is a big bundle of fraud! Law makers with no prescribed qualifications or qualities, clerks with continuity  but no accountability and utimately the judges who combine the worst of both worlds (except for having a qualification in law) but made even more worse by totally irrational and undemocratic laws like contempt which place them not only beyond all laws but even from democratically legitimate scrutiny!

regards 

ravi

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 8:23 PM, Aires Rodrigues <airesrodrigues1@gmail.com> wrote:

Election promises cannot be like China-make goods which come neither with a guarantee nor warranty. As the BJP in Goa will soon complete four years in office it is time that we, the people, audit its performance.   


This government has to be assessed on the 'Goa Vision Document 2012-2017', released by the Party in the run-up to the March 2012 Assembly elections and its acts and deeds over the last four years in Power with a never ending string of U Turns and the reneged promises. On having classified the Palm as Grass, less said the better.

 

On March 9th 2012 Manohar Parrikar took over as Chief Minister by burdening the State exchequer with those Rs.11 lakhs unnecessarily squandered on that pompous swearing-in ceremony on SAG grounds at Campal rather than the customary modest one at Raj Bhavan. And were the best and brilliant from amongst his MLAs chosen as Ministers?


In its 'Vision Document' the BJP promised that Annual Performance Reports of every government department would be prepared and publicized. This has not happened. Also promised was participatory governance at village level as envisaged in the 73rd and 74th amendments, which too, has not seen the light of the day. Promised was a new Agricultural policy to make agriculture a more rewarding effort but all that we witness today is the continued sight of fields and hills being converted to concrete jungles. We were assured a new regional plan keeping in mind Goa's identity, but there is no plausible progress in that direction while a selected coterie of  builders are having a field day with constructions mushrooming everywhere without a provision for basic infrastructure of electricity, water, parking, sewage and garbage disposal.


To ensure regular, uninterrupted power supply the BJP had promised that the whole of Goa would have underground cabling in five years and that the State would be plastic-free in three years which has also not happened. It is almost four years and the promise that a garbage management system would be in place in 18 months is still a distant dream. The government has miserably failed in its promise of 12 hours-a-day uninterrupted drinking water within two years. Also not appointed is the promised Minority commission.  Contrary to the 2012 assurance, the six-lane Zuari Bridge was not a priority. Let the government enlighten us as to how many Non-Resident Goans (NRGs) it has encouraged and in what manner, for Goa's development, as promised in that Vision document. The BJP has only played to the gallery on the issue of Special Status but has done nothing to control the alarming and unacceptable levels of migration into Goa.

  

We were assured that in three months garbage strewn along the roads would be cleared. Apart from a mere cosmetic exercise on some roads, the garbage situation statewide has instead turned critical with even the beach cleaning contract being a multi-crore scam. The BJP has not had the spine to even deliver on its promise of banning plastic bags.


Escalating level of crime is a matter of grave concern while political interference in police functioning is turning Goa into a lawless State. The promise to get rid of the Casinos from the River Mandovi was another joke.  


The BJP had promised that Professionals and not Politicians would head Corporations and other bodies but to our utter dismay, all the Corporations have been loaded with political cronies, some of whom carry woefully tainted.  


Various schemes launched to pay doles and build vote banks are in bad taste. Welfare measures cannot be treated as gifts of the ruling party but have to meet the needs of the deserving. Even on the Medium of Instruction (MOI) issue there has been an oscillating volte face.


While in the Opposition  the BJP  had always vociferously criticized the wasteful expenditure of Ministers and MLAs on unnecessary travel, especially the foreign junkets, but over the last four years the current Ministers and MLAs have been jetting  around the world recklessly, while draining an already depleted the exchequer.  

 

With so much hype on e-governance, Goa's bureaucracy is bloating by the day. Despite the current financial crisis, the BJP has been s hiring thousands more to accommodate his party cadres. One of the first decisions by the BJP on taking over office in March 2012 was to hike the fees of the Advocate General Atmaram Nadkarni from Rs five lakhs to a whopping eight lakhs a month. Despite the hike Atmaram Nadkarni has continued to be the legal Messiah of the Mining Barons, Casino Lobby and the Builders.

 

In his first budget speech in 2012 the then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had assured that every Department would implement e-governance within 18 months. Sadly, most government websites are dysfunctional or remain not updated for months. The 'aam aadmi' is now paying much more for every government service. Even the fee for registering a Power of Attorney which was earlier Rs.50/-, shot up to Rs.500/-.

 

Despite having been given a clear mandate, the BJP has been unable to deliver on the 'Parivartan' that it promised by way of Good governance and Zero tolerance to corruption. Rampant corruption continues unabated. Scams continue galore. What has changed is only the identity of the agents, brokers and beneficiaries. And we are without a Lokayukta till the BJP finds a pliable one!  

 

Last year Manohar Parrikar left Goa and passed on the baton to Laxmikant Parsekar but every Goan will vouch that it has been four dismal years of confusion, contradictions and controversies. This may sound like a requiem but that, is the unfortunate ground reality. During the 2012 election campaign, Manohar Parrikar had promised us the moon but reneged on almost every promise. He used every trick under his sleeve to usurp the office of Chief Minister. We thought he had learnt from his past mistakes and would turn a new leaf. Sadly, it was not to be.  It was the same old Manohar Parrikar, puffed up with added arrogance and highly allergic to any criticism.


His one remarkable achievement is of having stifled the entire voice of the Opposition. Through his trademark tactics he successfully caged and grounded most Opposition MLAs. Surprisingly, to Parrikar's credit goes the fact that many of the otherwise vocal and proactive NGOs have also gone comatose.  

With elections due within a year, we have had a very pompous Carnival and an equally colourful Shigmo will follow. But this is a sign of bad governance - when a State sponsors fun and frolic when its coffers are empty. The government has been on a borrowing spree. How long will it be able to sustain such lavish spending?

 

We are reminded of the words of Manohar Parrikar in his first budget speech of 26th March 2012: "Speaker Sir, the election results made me speechless, and now is the time for me to speak and assure the people, that the faith and trust they have put in us, shall be responded and honoured in multiple"  


But the BJP has not honoured the faith and trust the people of Goa reposed in the party. The actions of the government speak for themselves. We were hoping that the 'Parivartan' in 2012 would be for the better. But the question that torments the common man today is "Have we landed from the frying pan into the fire?"

 

Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat,

Ribandar – Goa – 403006


Mobile No: 9822684372


Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012

Email: airesrodrigues1@gmail.com

                         Or

           airesrodrigues@yahoo.com


You can also reach me on


Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues


Twitter@rodrigues_aires


www.airesrodrigues.com



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Re: [IAC#RG] A PANCHANAMA OF BJP’s FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE

But this is better than terrorist ruling. Of course, we need to get more and more righteousness which is possible through large scale acceptance of culture of prayer and giving.
 
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On Saturday, 13 February 2016 10:27 PM, Ravindran P M <raviforjustice@gmail.com> wrote:


There is no doubt that your analysis is bang on target. But to be fair to NaMo and BJP, do you think it is possible to clean the muck accumulated by the thugs, scoundrels and traitors of scamgress in 60 plus years of their reign? Will transplanting the head make all the difference to the total personality of a person. Poor NaMo, he could not even avoid taking Jaitely, discarded by the electorate in no uncertain terms, into his cabinet! Do you think that such provisions in the Constitution are in any way good for democracy? I am personally of the opinion that our Constitution is a big bundle of fraud! Law makers with no prescribed qualifications or qualities, clerks with continuity  but no accountability and utimately the judges who combine the worst of both worlds (except for having a qualification in law) but made even more worse by totally irrational and undemocratic laws like contempt which place them not only beyond all laws but even from democratically legitimate scrutiny!

regards 

ravi

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 8:23 PM, Aires Rodrigues <airesrodrigues1@gmail.com> wrote:
Election promises cannot be like China-make goods which come neither with a guarantee nor warranty. As the BJP in Goa will soon complete four years in office it is time that we, the people, audit its performance.   

This government has to be assessed on the 'Goa Vision Document 2012-2017', released by the Party in the run-up to the March 2012 Assembly elections and its acts and deeds over the last four years in Power with a never ending string of U Turns and the reneged promises. On having classified the Palm as Grass, less said the better.
 
On March 9th 2012 Manohar Parrikar took over as Chief Minister by burdening the State exchequer with those Rs.11 lakhs unnecessarily squandered on that pompous swearing-in ceremony on SAG grounds at Campal rather than the customary modest one at Raj Bhavan. And were the best and brilliant from amongst his MLAs chosen as Ministers?

In its 'Vision Document' the BJP promised that Annual Performance Reports of every government department would be prepared and publicized. This has not happened. Also promised was participatory governance at village level as envisaged in the 73rd and 74th amendments, which too, has not seen the light of the day. Promised was a new Agricultural policy to make agriculture a more rewarding effort but all that we witness today is the continued sight of fields and hills being converted to concrete jungles. We were assured a new regional plan keeping in mind Goa's identity, but there is no plausible progress in that direction while a selected coterie of  builders are having a field day with constructions mushrooming everywhere without a provision for basic infrastructure of electricity, water, parking, sewage and garbage disposal.

To ensure regular, uninterrupted power supply the BJP had promised that the whole of Goa would have underground cabling in five years and that the State would be plastic-free in three years which has also not happened. It is almost four years and the promise that a garbage management system would be in place in 18 months is still a distant dream. The government has miserably failed in its promise of 12 hours-a-day uninterrupted drinking water within two years. Also not appointed is the promised Minority commission.  Contrary to the 2012 assurance, the six-lane Zuari Bridge was not a priority. Let the government enlighten us as to how many Non-Resident Goans (NRGs) it has encouraged and in what manner, for Goa's development, as promised in that Vision document. The BJP has only played to the gallery on the issue of Special Status but has done nothing to control the alarming and unacceptable levels of migration into Goa.
  
We were assured that in three months garbage strewn along the roads would be cleared. Apart from a mere cosmetic exercise on some roads, the garbage situation statewide has instead turned critical with even the beach cleaning contract being a multi-crore scam. The BJP has not had the spine to even deliver on its promise of banning plastic bags.

Escalating level of crime is a matter of grave concern while political interference in police functioning is turning Goa into a lawless State. The promise to get rid of the Casinos from the River Mandovi was another joke.  

The BJP had promised that Professionals and not Politicians would head Corporations and other bodies but to our utter dismay, all the Corporations have been loaded with political cronies, some of whom carry woefully tainted.  

Various schemes launched to pay doles and build vote banks are in bad taste. Welfare measures cannot be treated as gifts of the ruling party but have to meet the needs of the deserving. Even on the Medium of Instruction (MOI) issue there has been an oscillating volte face.

While in the Opposition  the BJP  had always vociferously criticized the wasteful expenditure of Ministers and MLAs on unnecessary travel, especially the foreign junkets, but over the last four years the current Ministers and MLAs have been jetting  around the world recklessly, while draining an already depleted the exchequer.  
 
With so much hype on e-governance, Goa's bureaucracy is bloating by the day. Despite the current financial crisis, the BJP has been s hiring thousands more to accommodate his party cadres. One of the first decisions by the BJP on taking over office in March 2012 was to hike the fees of the Advocate General Atmaram Nadkarni from Rs five lakhs to a whopping eight lakhs a month. Despite the hike Atmaram Nadkarni has continued to be the legal Messiah of the Mining Barons, Casino Lobby and the Builders.
 
In his first budget speech in 2012 the then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had assured that every Department would implement e-governance within 18 months. Sadly, most government websites are dysfunctional or remain not updated for months. The 'aam aadmi' is now paying much more for every government service. Even the fee for registering a Power of Attorney which was earlier Rs.50/-, shot up to Rs.500/-.
 
Despite having been given a clear mandate, the BJP has been unable to deliver on the 'Parivartan' that it promised by way of Good governance and Zero tolerance to corruption. Rampant corruption continues unabated. Scams continue galore. What has changed is only the identity of the agents, brokers and beneficiaries. And we are without a Lokayukta till the BJP finds a pliable one!  
 
Last year Manohar Parrikar left Goa and passed on the baton to Laxmikant Parsekar but every Goan will vouch that it has been four dismal years of confusion, contradictions and controversies. This may sound like a requiem but that, is the unfortunate ground reality. During the 2012 election campaign, Manohar Parrikar had promised us the moon but reneged on almost every promise. He used every trick under his sleeve to usurp the office of Chief Minister. We thought he had learnt from his past mistakes and would turn a new leaf. Sadly, it was not to be.  It was the same old Manohar Parrikar, puffed up with added arrogance and highly allergic to any criticism.

His one remarkable achievement is of having stifled the entire voice of the Opposition. Through his trademark tactics he successfully caged and grounded most Opposition MLAs. Surprisingly, to Parrikar's credit goes the fact that many of the otherwise vocal and proactive NGOs have also gone comatose.  

With elections due within a year, we have had a very pompous Carnival and an equally colourful Shigmo will follow. But this is a sign of bad governance - when a State sponsors fun and frolic when its coffers are empty. The government has been on a borrowing spree. How long will it be able to sustain such lavish spending?
 
We are reminded of the words of Manohar Parrikar in his first budget speech of 26th March 2012: "Speaker Sir, the election results made me speechless, and now is the time for me to speak and assure the people, that the faith and trust they have put in us, shall be responded and honoured in multiple"  

But the BJP has not honoured the faith and trust the people of Goa reposed in the party. The actions of the government speak for themselves. We were hoping that the 'Parivartan' in 2012 would be for the better. But the question that torments the common man today is "Have we landed from the frying pan into the fire?"
 
Aires Rodrigues
Advocate High Court
C/G-2, Shopping Complex
Ribandar Retreat,
Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012
                         Or
           airesrodrigues@yahoo.com

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Friday, February 12, 2016

Re: [IAC#RG] COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST GOA CIC PRASHANT TENDOLKAR FOR ILLEGALLY USING RED BEACON

I fully agree. To give an all clear to cut down the beneficial coconut tree to give a free hand to builders to build where ever, when ever, is totally against the environment and MUST BE STOPPED. All India must learn to control builders to avoid situations like happened in Chennai in the devastating floods due to uncontrolled building in an urban area. This should not happen to OUR pristine Goa - Hirak Nag.--------------------------------------------
On Fri, 12/2/16, vyomesh22 <vyomesh22@gmail.com> wrote:

Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST GOA CIC PRASHANT TENDOLKAR FOR ILLEGALLY USING RED BEACON
To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
Date: Friday, 12 February, 2016, 9:07 AM

Dear
all ,I'm sure you all are also aware that the
Go an state government has declared coconut trees as grass.
This move could be construed as a benefit showered upon the
builder lobby and will result in mass depletion of the green
cover in Goa. Can we please do something
about it? Regards Vyomesh
Panchmatia 

Sent
from Samsung Mobile

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Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST GOA
CIC PRASHANT TENDOLKAR FOR ILLEGALLY USING RED BEACON

Welcome news. Thanks to public
activism. We must also strive hard to end the rampant and
widespread VIP culture on the roads, airports, railway
stations and in all public places. 





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Date: Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST GOA CIC
PRASHANT TENDOLKAR FOR ILLEGALLY USING RED BEACON
To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net


Dear friends

We have already succeeded  in  compelling
Odisha  Information

Commission  to withdraw red beacon  on their 
vehicles through using

RTI and filling complaints.



Thanks

Pradip Pradhan

RTI Activist, Odisha



On 2/9/16, Aires Rodrigues <airesrodrigues1@gmail.com>
wrote:

> A complaint has today been filed against Goa's Chief
Information

> Commissioner Prashant Prabhu Tendolkar for illegally
and blatantly using a

> red beacon on his official vehicle GA-07-G-5555 in
clear defiance of law

> and amounting to a gross contempt of the Supreme
Court's order.

>

> In the complaint jointly addressed to the Chief
Secretary, Director General

> of Police and the Director of Transport it has been
pointed out that the

> Supreme Court has flagged the red card over the blatant
misuse of the red

> beacon.

>

> It has been further pointed out that in accordance with
the Supreme Court

> order the Goa Government by a notification issued on
3rd July 2014 notified

> the list of persons entitled to use the red beacon on
their official

> vehicle and that as per that notification only allowed
to use the red

> beacon are the Governor, Chief Minister and Ministers,
Speaker, Deputy

> Speaker, Chief Justice and Judges of the High Court,
Leader of Opposition,

> Advocate General and the Chief Secretary.

>

> Prashant Tendolkar in clear defiance of law and in
gross contempt of the

> Supreme Court's order is illegally using the red
beacon. The law

> enforcement officers though fully aware of this blatant
violation have

> failed to take action against Prashant Tendolkar just
because he is

> politically well connected.

>

> The rule of law must prevail and Prashant Tendolkar
cannot be high-handedly

> using a perk and privilege that he is not entitled to.
Immediate action

> must be taken to seize the red beacon and prosecute
Prashant Tendolkar for

> an offence under the Motor Vehicles Act. Failure to
take action would also

> amount to contempt of the Supreme Court's order.

>

>

> Aires Rodrigues

>

> Advocate High Court

>

> C/G-2, Shopping Complex

>

> Ribandar Retreat,

>

> Ribandar – Goa – 403006

>

> Mobile No: 9822684372

>

> Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012

>

> Email: airesrodrigues1@gmail.com

>

>               
          Or

>

>            airesrodrigues@yahoo.com

>

> You can also reach me on

>

> Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues

>

> Twitter@rodrigues_aires

>

>

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Re: [IAC#RG] AS DEFIANT GOA CIC CONTINUES MISUSING RED BEACON, GOVT PUT ON NOTICE TO FACE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS IN SUPREME COURT

Glad that you raised it. Manisha sisodia is a virtual cm where as there no constitutional post for deputy. This matter was raised even when CH. Devilal was made deputy p.m.

On 13 Feb 2016 10:51, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Aires

Our members should also know that Tendolkar has stated that being
equivalent in rank to a CENTRAL Election Commissioner he is able to
get away. His case is arguable because as CHIEF SIC he ranks equally
with a  Central EC or Central Information Commissioner. The State ICs
rank pari-passu with the State Chief Secretary, and the concerned SC
Judgment allows parity.

But I'm sure you know all this and had factored it in.

Sarbajit




On 2/12/16, Aires Rodrigues <airesrodrigues1@gmail.com> wrote:
> With a defiant Goa Chief Information Commissioner Prashant Prabhu Tendolkar
> continuing to use the red beacon on his official vehicle GA-07-G-5555, the
> Goa government has today been put on notice to face contempt proceedings
> before the Supreme Court.
>
>
> In a letter jointly addressed to the Chief Secretary, DGP and the Director
> of Transport today, their attention has been drawn that despite being
> booked by the Transport department yesterday Prashant Tendolkar continues
> to use the red beacon in clear defiance of law.
>
>
> Pointing out that surprisingly the authorities including the Goa Police
> have not taken steps to seize and confiscate the red beacon, it has been
> stated in the letter that the authorities are duty bound to act in
> accordance with law and comply with the directives of the Supreme Court
> Judgment dated December 10th 2013 on the issue of misuse of the Red beacon.
>
>
> It has been further stated that if the misuse of the red beacon by Goa's
> Chief Information Commissioner Prashant Prabhu Tendolkar is allowed to
> continue, the Supreme Court of India would be moved by way of a Contempt of
> Court petition to ensure that the rule of law is not allowed to be made a
> casualty.
>
> Aires Rodrigues
>
> Advocate High Court
>
> C/G-2, Shopping Complex
>
> Ribandar Retreat,
>
> Ribandar – Goa – 403006
>
> Mobile No: 9822684372
>
> Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012
>
> Email: airesrodrigues1@gmail.com
>
>                          Or
>
>            airesrodrigues@yahoo.com
>
> You can also reach me on
>
> Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues
>
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>
>
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Re: [IAC#RG] A PANCHANAMA OF BJP’s FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE

There is no doubt that your analysis is bang on target. But to be fair to NaMo and BJP, do you think it is possible to clean the muck accumulated by the thugs, scoundrels and traitors of scamgress in 60 plus years of their reign? Will transplanting the head make all the difference to the total personality of a person. Poor NaMo, he could not even avoid taking Jaitely, discarded by the electorate in no uncertain terms, into his cabinet! Do you think that such provisions in the Constitution are in any way good for democracy? I am personally of the opinion that our Constitution is a big bundle of fraud! Law makers with no prescribed qualifications or qualities, clerks with continuity  but no accountability and utimately the judges who combine the worst of both worlds (except for having a qualification in law) but made even more worse by totally irrational and undemocratic laws like contempt which place them not only beyond all laws but even from democratically legitimate scrutiny!

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ravi

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 8:23 PM, Aires Rodrigues <airesrodrigues1@gmail.com> wrote:

Election promises cannot be like China-make goods which come neither with a guarantee nor warranty. As the BJP in Goa will soon complete four years in office it is time that we, the people, audit its performance.   


This government has to be assessed on the 'Goa Vision Document 2012-2017', released by the Party in the run-up to the March 2012 Assembly elections and its acts and deeds over the last four years in Power with a never ending string of U Turns and the reneged promises. On having classified the Palm as Grass, less said the better.

 

On March 9th 2012 Manohar Parrikar took over as Chief Minister by burdening the State exchequer with those Rs.11 lakhs unnecessarily squandered on that pompous swearing-in ceremony on SAG grounds at Campal rather than the customary modest one at Raj Bhavan. And were the best and brilliant from amongst his MLAs chosen as Ministers?


In its 'Vision Document' the BJP promised that Annual Performance Reports of every government department would be prepared and publicized. This has not happened. Also promised was participatory governance at village level as envisaged in the 73rd and 74th amendments, which too, has not seen the light of the day. Promised was a new Agricultural policy to make agriculture a more rewarding effort but all that we witness today is the continued sight of fields and hills being converted to concrete jungles. We were assured a new regional plan keeping in mind Goa's identity, but there is no plausible progress in that direction while a selected coterie of  builders are having a field day with constructions mushrooming everywhere without a provision for basic infrastructure of electricity, water, parking, sewage and garbage disposal.


To ensure regular, uninterrupted power supply the BJP had promised that the whole of Goa would have underground cabling in five years and that the State would be plastic-free in three years which has also not happened. It is almost four years and the promise that a garbage management system would be in place in 18 months is still a distant dream. The government has miserably failed in its promise of 12 hours-a-day uninterrupted drinking water within two years. Also not appointed is the promised Minority commission.  Contrary to the 2012 assurance, the six-lane Zuari Bridge was not a priority. Let the government enlighten us as to how many Non-Resident Goans (NRGs) it has encouraged and in what manner, for Goa's development, as promised in that Vision document. The BJP has only played to the gallery on the issue of Special Status but has done nothing to control the alarming and unacceptable levels of migration into Goa.

  

We were assured that in three months garbage strewn along the roads would be cleared. Apart from a mere cosmetic exercise on some roads, the garbage situation statewide has instead turned critical with even the beach cleaning contract being a multi-crore scam. The BJP has not had the spine to even deliver on its promise of banning plastic bags.


Escalating level of crime is a matter of grave concern while political interference in police functioning is turning Goa into a lawless State. The promise to get rid of the Casinos from the River Mandovi was another joke.  


The BJP had promised that Professionals and not Politicians would head Corporations and other bodies but to our utter dismay, all the Corporations have been loaded with political cronies, some of whom carry woefully tainted.  


Various schemes launched to pay doles and build vote banks are in bad taste. Welfare measures cannot be treated as gifts of the ruling party but have to meet the needs of the deserving. Even on the Medium of Instruction (MOI) issue there has been an oscillating volte face.


While in the Opposition  the BJP  had always vociferously criticized the wasteful expenditure of Ministers and MLAs on unnecessary travel, especially the foreign junkets, but over the last four years the current Ministers and MLAs have been jetting  around the world recklessly, while draining an already depleted the exchequer.  

 

With so much hype on e-governance, Goa's bureaucracy is bloating by the day. Despite the current financial crisis, the BJP has been s hiring thousands more to accommodate his party cadres. One of the first decisions by the BJP on taking over office in March 2012 was to hike the fees of the Advocate General Atmaram Nadkarni from Rs five lakhs to a whopping eight lakhs a month. Despite the hike Atmaram Nadkarni has continued to be the legal Messiah of the Mining Barons, Casino Lobby and the Builders.

 

In his first budget speech in 2012 the then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had assured that every Department would implement e-governance within 18 months. Sadly, most government websites are dysfunctional or remain not updated for months. The 'aam aadmi' is now paying much more for every government service. Even the fee for registering a Power of Attorney which was earlier Rs.50/-, shot up to Rs.500/-.

 

Despite having been given a clear mandate, the BJP has been unable to deliver on the 'Parivartan' that it promised by way of Good governance and Zero tolerance to corruption. Rampant corruption continues unabated. Scams continue galore. What has changed is only the identity of the agents, brokers and beneficiaries. And we are without a Lokayukta till the BJP finds a pliable one!  

 

Last year Manohar Parrikar left Goa and passed on the baton to Laxmikant Parsekar but every Goan will vouch that it has been four dismal years of confusion, contradictions and controversies. This may sound like a requiem but that, is the unfortunate ground reality. During the 2012 election campaign, Manohar Parrikar had promised us the moon but reneged on almost every promise. He used every trick under his sleeve to usurp the office of Chief Minister. We thought he had learnt from his past mistakes and would turn a new leaf. Sadly, it was not to be.  It was the same old Manohar Parrikar, puffed up with added arrogance and highly allergic to any criticism.


His one remarkable achievement is of having stifled the entire voice of the Opposition. Through his trademark tactics he successfully caged and grounded most Opposition MLAs. Surprisingly, to Parrikar's credit goes the fact that many of the otherwise vocal and proactive NGOs have also gone comatose.  

With elections due within a year, we have had a very pompous Carnival and an equally colourful Shigmo will follow. But this is a sign of bad governance - when a State sponsors fun and frolic when its coffers are empty. The government has been on a borrowing spree. How long will it be able to sustain such lavish spending?

 

We are reminded of the words of Manohar Parrikar in his first budget speech of 26th March 2012: "Speaker Sir, the election results made me speechless, and now is the time for me to speak and assure the people, that the faith and trust they have put in us, shall be responded and honoured in multiple"  


But the BJP has not honoured the faith and trust the people of Goa reposed in the party. The actions of the government speak for themselves. We were hoping that the 'Parivartan' in 2012 would be for the better. But the question that torments the common man today is "Have we landed from the frying pan into the fire?"

 

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Re: [IAC#RG] Swaraj Abhiyan exposed as Congress proxy

Dear All,

As requested earlier we need to focus of process rather then limited persons.Positives of Sh.Sarbajit and his post promotion is that based on his experiences he shares his limitations and does not block any democratic suggestions.Instead of getting trapped and accepting that wealth and fund generated belong only to those who privately control salaries we must debate on how to generate awareness on fund ownership of 90% as tax payers....see image. Swaraj Abhiyan promoters must also note that new star faces with fresh trajectories to fight corruption is the need of the hour.Watchdog group as initiated in this and such post is must for alert India.

In Appreciation,
Yours Sincerely,
Rakesh Manchanda.

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 9:12 AM, Prabodh Raj Chandol <pedpanchayat@gmail.com> wrote:
It seems that Mr Sarbjit think that he is the only person, who is honest and corruption free. Why the issue of national interest be discussed within a small group. It seems that some people act as hypocrites. Whether the freedom fighters of this country have ever thought that this country is theirs' only.  We must talk with broad mind and be transparent in our thoughts as well as actions. If Rakesh has disclosed this discussion to me, that means that Rakesh is real democrat and transparent in his actions. I like Mr. Rakesh but not Mr. Sarbjit.

Prabodh

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 7:53 AM, Rakesh Manchanda <rakeshmanchanda65@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Sarbjit Roy,

Thanks for announcing your political views with word of caution that may keep this group and showcase insulated and freezed.

What stands sharp and missing is that you do not prescribe a united and uniform survival kit.

Sir you do not point out any collective solutions out of box.

Allegations on persons boycotting PM speech and so on are still stand unclear with no clear evidences.

I agree star experts declared by the ACT as per your alert needs to replace new star faces but system with limited funding strings of the corporate is designed in such a way that this limitations shall continue.

To my understanding even during the British India several Indians stood in the favour of whites and wanted some posts.

Same `compromising` DNA rules India today-kindly see image no 3-file enclosed.

Your selective arguments silently benefits the present political systems in India.

We have to help ourselves first to come out of the stale mind set that generated funds belongs only to the masters and not masses who silently helped and now stand divided by rulers.

Allow to sum up with three supporting images as files enclosed.

Finding correct path and safe collective routes based on several experiences shall continue locally & globally even if we like or dislike it.

Best Wishes 4 a better India,

Rakesh Manchanda.

On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
Sir/s

1) We are non-political persons (and being non-political is a key part
of our "ideology"),

2) As genuine (apolitical) anti-corruption experts - with track
records, "we" reserve the right to caution the public at large about
fake anti-corruption experts who are political 'joomlas' and/or
foreign financed 'haramis'.

3) FYI, this thread originated on and is running on India Against
Corruption's mailing list, and IAC list members have a charter,
manifesto and common direction. If Rakesh is circulating these emails
outside the IAC list the possibility of any productive discussion
diminshes, as you have correctly observed.

4) BTW: There were 'n'  number of silent, unsung, patriots who did not
compromise pre-1947. AFAIK, most of them were as equally opposed to
political participation then as IAC is today.

5) We also cannot dismiss the foreign financing issue as lightly as
Rakesh would have us do.
The CIA / Ford Foundation etc, has infiltrated all levels of AAP/SA to
the extent that, say, CSDS where Prashant Bhushan is a Governing
Trustee and Yogendra Yadav is a tenured Professor, is heavily Ford
(ie.CIA) financed and agenda based.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/surajit-dasgupta/the-cia-ford-ngo-congress-nac-aap-nexus/10152395314509630/

Quote:
"Expanding community rights over natural resources" (this agenda
figured prominently in the first policy meeting of the AAP held in the
house of Shalini Gupta, Prashant Bhushan's sister, in Noida in between
January 11-13, 2013. Yogendra Yadav, Anand Kumar and invitees Prof
Arun Kumar and Aseem Shrivastava stressed the need to switch socialism
from bureaucratic control to community ownership)"

Therefore as an independent non-financed people's movement we cannot
blindly trust anybody who is tainted by accepting funds with string
attached, and especially not with foreign / corporate / political
strings attached -and merely because they are "good persons" - in this
context, IAC will not repeat mistakes of the past.

Sarbajit
for
India Against Corruption

On 2/9/16, Prabodh Raj Chandol <pedpanchayat@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have participated in this dialogue because I thought that it would a
> healthy discussion. But persons like sarbjit seems to be influenced by an
> ideology or a political group. If it is so, than this discussion will
> become a debate and everyone will speak about his own political group,
> without trying to understand the feelings of others.
>
> Prabodh
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:57 AM, Rakesh Manchanda <
> rakeshmanchanda65@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Sarabjit Roy,
>>
>> Thanks for sharing your clear vision and preference.
>>
>> If your text is taken seriously then history of pre-independent India is
>> full of compromising with truck load of evidences of compromises.
>>
>> Today same compromised DNA who supported British Raj is ruling modern
>> India today.
>>
>> Still people will risk for a better process and seek clear evidences
>> against possible leaders and changemakers.
>>
>> Still the weak taxpayers are hungry for a change and want to remain
>> united.See file image enclosed.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Rakesh
>>>
>>> In my experience the persons are more important than the process.
>>>
>>> Our views on those persons are consistent and in public domain. If SA
>>> chooses to associate with them, it is because discredited and rootless
>>> persons like Yogendra Yadav are finding nobody else.
>>>
>>> It is absolutely inconceivable that professional parasites like Aruna
>>> Roy et al are any kind of anti-corruption experts. The recent episode
>>> where they got CIC Vijai Sharma to invite them (and only them) to the
>>> CIC 10th RTI Convention so they could call for PM's speech to be
>>> boycotted completely exposes them as Congress agents.
>>>
>>> It is very clear that fronts like so-called Swaraj Abhiyan are devices
>>> to collective the disaffected for some Congress/AAP controlled
>>> Maha-Gatbandhan in the future. I rather suspect that Yogendra Yadav
>>> would go crawling back to AAP if invited and given some token post.
>>>
>>> Sarbajit
>>>
>>> On 2/7/16, Rakesh Manchanda <rakeshmanchanda65@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > It will be more sad for us if Corruption as *process* is not
>>> > challenged
>>> > collectively by all.
>>> >
>>> > Sh.Sarajeet roy your alert focus is more is on *persons and not on the
>>> > process.*
>>> >
>>> > I agree your team should have invited during the finalisation of
>>> speakers
>>> > in this new group-Anti Corruption Team-ACT.
>>> >
>>> > Yesterday few of us as independent birds attended the ACT preparation
>>> meet
>>> > and it was cleared Swaraj Abhiyan is only one of several stakeholder
>>> > groups.
>>> >
>>> > By the way this funda of Funds source alert controlling the agenda as
>>> > highlighted by you is stale.
>>> >
>>> > This alert is unknowingly used again and again wherein the modern
>>> > logic
>>> > remains that 90% taxpayers who pay taxes need to get their funds and
>>> > services back from the 10% corrupt lobbies.
>>> >
>>> > Allow me to share a recent article via link in this direction....
>>> >
>>> > Tolerance Vs Intolerance -Global Game controlled by 1%?
>>> > http://beyondheadlines.in/2015/11/tolerance-vs-intolerance/
>>> >
>>> > Warm Regards,
>>> >
>>> > Rakesh Manchanda
>>>
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Re: [IAC#RG] AS DEFIANT GOA CIC CONTINUES MISUSING RED BEACON, GOVT PUT ON NOTICE TO FACE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS IN SUPREME COURT

Good to see an advocate fighting for rule of law!

All the best and may your tribe increase!


regards n bw

ravi

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 5:52 PM, Aires Rodrigues <airesrodrigues1@gmail.com> wrote:

With a defiant Goa Chief Information Commissioner Prashant Prabhu Tendolkar continuing to use the red beacon on his official vehicle GA-07-G-5555, the Goa government has today been put on notice to face contempt proceedings before the Supreme Court.


In a letter jointly addressed to the Chief Secretary, DGP and the Director of Transport today, their attention has been drawn that despite being booked by the Transport department yesterday Prashant Tendolkar continues to use the red beacon in clear defiance of law.


Pointing out that surprisingly the authorities including the Goa Police have not taken steps to seize and confiscate the red beacon, it has been stated in the letter that the authorities are duty bound to act in accordance with law and comply with the directives of the Supreme Court Judgment dated December 10th 2013 on the issue of misuse of the Red beacon.


It has been further stated that if the misuse of the red beacon by Goa's Chief Information Commissioner Prashant Prabhu Tendolkar is allowed to continue, the Supreme Court of India would be moved by way of a Contempt of Court petition to ensure that the rule of law is not allowed to be made a casualty.


Aires Rodrigues

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