Rapists seems to enjoy preferential treatment under BJP rule in Goa - By Nisser Dias

Sorrowing lies my land under
BJP

Imported chief minister of Goa Pramod Sawant seems to have completely lost his bearings. To blame the victims of rape at Benaulim beach or their parents is like the chief minister agreeing that Goa has become lawless under the BJP rule.

What right does anybody has to violate a girl, even if she is out late in the night or if she is wearing skimpy clothes or even if she is without any clothes.

As the head of the state and the head of home department he should at least a small amount of common sense that rape is committed by rapists or criminals not by women being out late. Blaming the victims and their parents is like rubbing salt into their wounds.

By questioning the movements of the victims, is this non-Goan chief minister sending criminals a message to rape, murder, rob and commit other crimes?

Has Sawant forgotten the rape of a young girl in a school during regular hours in Vasco when late Manohar Parrikar was the chief minister? This victim was in school, not at an isolated spot or on the beach late into the night, but was raped under BJP rule.

The accused in this case was not even identified forget arrested. And the current government is building a memorial for the late chief minister who goofed up the investigation and could not give justice to the young victim.

By blaming the victims of rape at Benaulim beach or their parents Pramod Sawant has scored a self goal and completely exposed himself of being incapable, incompetent of governing the state and inept of handling the home portfolio. Over and above he has disgraced himself.

This incumbent chief minister has the habit of putting his foot in the mouth while trying to make his point and it is because he does not know Goa’s culture and history.

There is a legend that is passed down from our ancestors that during the Portuguese era, one could peacefully sleep in houses with doors and windows wide open. It was because there was fear of law.

However this ‘fear of law’ was laid to rest in the Assembly in 2002 when policemen dressed as ‘Marshals ’ were ordered to bodily lift legislators out of the August House again under the BJP regime.

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So the opposition has rightly pointed out that the law and order has collapsed or that there is no fear of law in Goa and criminals can get away with any crime.

Questioning the presence of youngsters on the beach late into the night is one aspect, what were the rapists or criminals doing in public place at that hour and where were the police?

Why were the men-in-uniform not patrolling these public areas? Or is it that they visit these spots only to issue fines for traffic violation or not wearing masks and to collect their hafta?

And have we forgotten the recent incident of a police sub inspector involved in rape of a girl. Does the chief minister have an answer for that?

That the police department is yet to arrest one of their own involved in heinous crime also sends a message to criminals that they can get away with anything under the BJP regime in Goa.

Furthermore it is rumoured that one of the ministers in the current dispensation was trying to influence the police in fudging the investigation and police officials especially the Indian Police Service (IPS) officers are so malleable they simply crawl when asked to bend as most of them want a piece of Goa after retirement and hence does not want to upset the powers that be.

Though an enquiry should be held into this aspect but surely it won’t happen as the non-Goan chief minister of Goa does not have the grit nor grime for it.