Sachin=GOD Posted June 16, 2014 Posted June 16, 2014 Before storm over Brazil plans, Goa MLAs had gone to Venice to study garbage management The World Cup fiasco has not embarrassed Goa's representatives. Many are hoping to tour Europe at the cost of Rs 4 crore to promote the upcoming Exposition of St Francis Xavier. Months before Goa’s lawmakers booked themselves on a taxpayer-funded junket to the World Cup in Brazil to study traffic management, another batch of elected representatives had gone to Venice, among other European cities, to study garbage systems. The 20-person delegation went to Italy, Germany and Austria in November to observe garbage management practices. Led by deputy chief minister Francisco D’Souza, the team included MLAs, panchayat members and as well as members of municipal councils. It cost the state exchequer about Rs 1 crore. The Europe tour was marked by frequent photo updates on Facebook by members of the delegation, which included two journalists, featuring their rides on Venice’s gondolas, their attempts to prop up the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the trolleys of goodies they brought back. At the time, chief secretary B Vijayan explained the reason for the junket to The Navhind Times. “There has been resistance for such plants in Goa, which has resulted out of ignorance,” Vijayan said. “Therefore, the government wanted to show the public representatives real facts about the plants, where they existed.” However, since the junket, not much progress has been made with regards to Goa’s attempts to build garbage management plants, especially after the Goa Catholic Church opposed one treatment site, claiming it was too close to the Old Goa Church complex. That isn’t the only junket scripted by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition. In 2012, three of the six MLAs who were to head to Brazil to watching the quarter-final and the semi-final World Cup matches, went to the United Kingdom to watch a motocross event. The three politicians were among eight Goans who attended the Motocross rally to Winchester in UK to “explore the possibility of introducing motocross in Goa in a big way and also explore the possibility of hosting international motocross events in Goa in the future”, according to the Sports Authority of Goa. But the mission failed, as the state was unable to convince the organisers to even host one leg of the FIM Motocross World Championship in Goa. Notwithstanding the Brazil fiasco, Goa’s representatives are already preparing to set out in August or September on another trip being organised by tourism minister Dilip Parulekar at the cost of Rs 4 crore. The delegation will be holding events across Europe to promote the Exposition of St Francis Xavier, a Catholic saint whose remains are preserved in a Goa church. The event, which will take place in December, is organised only once every decade. The members of the team have not been announced. “The aim is to attract tourists from Europe for this unique event,” Parulekar said. It isn’t only the BJP that has been dishing out junkets. In February 2011, the Congress regime organised a trip to the US cities of Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Francisco to promote Goa’s casinos as well as to facilitate tie-ups with entertainment promoters there. http://scroll.in/article/667156/Before-storm-over-Brazil-plans,-Goa-MLAs-had-gone-to-Venice-to-study-garbage-management
diga Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 majority view within the Bharatiya Janata Party’s leadership appears to be veering towards forming a government in Delhi with the support of turncoat Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators who have sent feelers to the party.
Sachin=GOD Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 NDA government nudges 7 governors to quit, one refuses http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/NDA-government-nudges-7-governors-to-quit-one-refuses/articleshow/36677778.cms via @timesofindia
Sachin=GOD Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 B L Joshi resigns as UP governor. Wow!!! That was quick...
Sachin=GOD Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 IMO BJP should not have asked for his resignation because he was one of the better governors UP has had in the last few years.
asterix Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 IMO BJP should not have asked for his resignation because he was one of the better governors UP has had in the last few years. May be but he appeared to be non existent with so much increase in crime...
Khalpat Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 Well, I might be wrong but I have this feeling that some very large conspiracy is going on in UP. After these small incidents which will be blown out of proportion by media, very soon a big incident is going to happen and centre will straight away impose President's Rule. These Ganwar leaders like Naresh, Azam, Akhlesh etc are slowly falling into the political trap of Amit Shah.
Sachin=GOD Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 May be but he appeared to be non existent with so much increase in crime... The governor can't do much when the state govt is as shameless and incompetent as the SP Govt.
Sachin=GOD Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 West Bengal Gov. M K Narayanan likely to resign tomorrow...
asterix Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 The governor can't do much when the state govt is as shameless and incompetent as the SP Govt. Governors can put pressure on the State Govt. Just wait and what BJP Governor will do...
Rotating Potato Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 Fenku party Sahi h Bhai. Sare cogressi governors ko utha utha ke bahar fenk rhi h. .:cantstop:
Number Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 Just when BJP starts removing Cong appointed Governors, NDTV,Barkha start the debate do we really need governors. Never asked this when UPA was in power. :giggle:
diga Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 Just when BJP starts removing Cong appointed Governors' date=' NDTV,Barkha start the debate do we really need governors. Never asked this when UPA was in power. :giggle:[/quote'] why all this brouhaha over governors who are not exactly paragons of non-partisanship?
coffee_rules Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 Yashwant Sinha ‘right person’ to be Jharkhand CM: Advani Advani wants to retain some power in the Party, but no takers for this old honcho..He should quit politics for good. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Yashwant-Sinha-right-person-to-be-Jharkhand-CM-Advani/articleshow/36674496.cms Refusing to pay bail has become the face of a revolution. Lesson learnt from AAP!
Tiger80 Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 Well, I might be wrong but I have this feeling that some very large conspiracy is going on in UP. After these small incidents which will be blown out of proportion by media, very soon a big incident is going to happen and centre will straight away impose President's Rule. These Ganwar leaders like Naresh, Azam, Akhlesh etc are slowly falling into the political trap of Amit Shah. Advani
Sachin=GOD Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 Appointment of secretaries of a few ministers has been put on hold by PMO. So much control over ministers :wall:
gattaca Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 Appointment of secretaries of a few ministers has been put on hold by PMO. So much control over ministers :wall: Do you want Ahmed patel and Sonia all over again ?
Raghav_12 Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 Appointment of secretaries of a few ministers has been put on hold by PMO. So much control over ministers :wall: Heard that few ministers are not even going to offices in resentment to this control.
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