3 years/300 days: hope or hopeless

Dear NaMo and MaPa
Congratulations on completing 3 years in the State of Goaand 300 days at the center.

PM Sir, distinctly recall your words to a group of industrialists on your first official visit to Goa. You said that in just a few days in office and your biggest achievement was the fact that you and your Government had instilled HOPE in the population.  I agreed with you fully. 

However 300 days later, I am hoping you will begin to walk the talk sooner. Given the mess left by the previous government you surely deserved to get some time to begin. 

You were impressive right from the word go. At your oath taking you came up with and ace. Then you launched “Swach Bharat” and “Make in India”. So simple but yet powerful enough to put India right up there if implemented right. Surely with your impressive track record and no nonsense approach it would appear we would be well and truly on the path to development. The only way to alleviate poverty and ensure equitable distribution.

However your inability or reluctance to curb fringe elements has put the brakes on. The dichotomy is easy to see. In the budget your government gave reliefs to encourage the leather industry. On the other hand affiliated State governments have taken or are taking decisions which are contrary and effect the leather industry adversely.

You are pushing for ease of doing business but the government in Maharashtra put 1000's out of business and the Goa in government refuses to act on its own promises of shifting casinos because it will effect investor sentiment. The thought process is missing before speaking or acting.

I am hopeful you will focus on development and not just make statements to contain fringe elements but act against them to give an example. They may be throwing small pebbles at the moment, but pebbles also cause ripples in calm waters. We need calm waters to focus on development. This is well within your

Mr. Parrikar, three years is a long time in power and surely your government realises that the time for blaming all your problems on the previous regime is over.

You were impressive as LOO, you too instilled hope in many and for some anything was better than the congress. Your main plank was ending corruption. Yet three years later your government seems to have found no wrong doing by any members of the previous regime. If at all there has been some noise about a possible scam and that too is sooner than later quietly buried. Does it mean nothing wrong was done or the exchequer was not looted. Does it mean you raised the bogey of corruption only as a poll plank. Surely you will agree that the exchequer was looted and that your government does not have the will to look for reason best known to you all

In the case of the loot at GIDC you have been shown the proof and you as the then CM and then GIDC Chairman promised to file the FIR. Till date nothing has happened? Not exactly, nothing. One official has been sacked. This means that there was something rotten in GIDC and only one person was held responsible. A few employees seeing the big guns loot also tried to make hay, but unless action is taken against the top, does anyone have the moral right to act against employees who dabbled erroneously in a single plot. It also seems to point to the fact that those who milked the system earlier are free today because the current government is protecting them for whatever reason. Even in the cases related to the PWD it is a congressman who is pushing for punishment. Where does this leave the much talked about ZERO TOLERANCE TO CORRUPTION slogan.  Is it just a slogan. Again, if you wish to be in sync with the centre on corruption, Mr. Modi when visiting Goa said, he cannot stop corruption, but he promised rules whereby one could insist on “free” delivery is rules were followed. Hence reduce discretion, make rules which everyone must follow.

One can argue that you have been promoted so you are not accountable for matters of the State anymore. Nothing can be further away from the truth. Many including yours truly voted and supported the BJP because of you. You may not wish to be sen as the defacto head, for all practical purposes you are. You still command and are directing actions in Goa, your weekly visits are to review the same. So, please look into the areas you had promised Goa and Goans and act so as to fulfill promises made. You surely did not make them on a personal level but on behalf of your party. Look at the mess in GIDC, the Regional plan is pending, the mining issue awaits attention, there too we have not seen any recovery of the 3500 crores you mentioned was looted. Atleast get back some, if your calculations were wrong, surely you were not totally wrong when you said, there has been wrong doing in this sector. If your Government can take a decision despite the poll code in progress, atleast when there is no code of conduct take decisions and set things right.

We are happy that you have been recognised at the national level and are going to do great things for Indians and the armed forces in particular. Please review your Governments three years with respect to your poll promises and plug the gaps.

All the best for the remainder of your respective terms.