Rightly pointed out, instead of making vague policies- CYBERAGE needs 2 b restarted
.@manoharparrikar bhaie revolutionized Goan scenario by launching this scheme.
Created a platform 4 online access & computer literacy. Evry student was allotted a computer system, so household
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If I had to describe my mentor Manohar Parrikar in one word, it would be ‘Integrity’. He did not allow politics to corrupt him. He did his best for Goa and India. I am grateful to him because I took keen interest in nation building because of him. He may not be with us today but I am sure he is watching over us.
In the smallest of gestures within closed walls, far away from political posturing and media management, he displayed deep respect and regards to women. Even otherwise, @manoharparrikar epitomized true and thorough simplicity, which he did not see as a virtue to flaunt for political publicity, but as a moral imperative to hold public office (10/10).
However, my wife did not feel comfortable sitting in front of such a person and continued to stand while speaking to him. She did not pay heed even after he requested her to sit down twice again. Sensing her discomfort in sitting in front of him, @manoharparrikar stood up. The whole conversation between my wife and @manoharparrikar, that lasted 5-7 minutes, happened with both of them standing. While leaving, he instructed my wife to reach out to him directly, if I was getting lost in my work and wasn’t giving her enough time (9/10).
Since I did not belong to Goa, he advised me to stay in one room in the CM’s residence, instead of me availing an official residence. And he used to pay the state government for the food and electricity I used to consume, from his own pocket. Despite me pleading several times, he refused to allow me bear that expense (6/10).
During both my stints with him, I stayed in his official residence – this was to ensure that I could report to him at 07:00 AM every morning, as was demanded by him. And as a Defence Minister, his residence was bare bones with minimal furnishing. His fellow cabinet colleagues, and senior government and military officials who visited his residence were surprised to see such frugality. He neither had any member of his family living with him, nor did he have a full-time cook (4/10).
I did not know @manoharparrikar before I started working for him. But that did not stop him from allowing me to enter his inner circle. He was an open book, with a squeaky-clean persona and absolutely nothing to hide. Critical thinking skills, competence and commitment to clean governance, and progressive policy making were the only criteria that he demanded from his staff. He despised ‘yes’ men - the more someone disagreed with him, the more endearing such a person became to him (3/10).
Former Goa CM, late @manoharparrikar was India’s first IIT educated Chief Minister, and I had the good fortune of working as his Policy Advisor while he served as India’s Defence Minister and as his Officer on Special Duty, while he last served as Goa Chief Minister (2/10).
With so much unpleasant news and shocking revelations around an incident involving an IIT educated Chief Minister, his official residence and a female member of his own party, I wish to share my experience with another IIT educated Chief Minister, his official residence and a female relative of his own staff (1/10).
Direct Action Day (Thread)
Part 1 : Butcher of Bengal
Direct Action Day is a chapter from history that was purposefully deleted so that Indians can never know what atrocities Hindus faced due to the secularism n non violence of Gandhi
But today entire world will know
1/23
Will we see a New Director at Directorate of Food & Drugs Administration ?
Just overheard the Existing Director is set to RETIRE owing to superannuation by month end .@BJP4Goa
.@prudentgoa@TOIGoaNews@oheraldogoa@goanewshub
https://t.co/ikWagxf5cN
#WATCH | "...The day people of Gujarat become united like this, not only India but we will also make Pakistan a Hindu nation..," says Bageshwar Dham's Dhirendra Shastri in Surat, Gujarat (27.05.2023)
(Video: Bageshwar Dham's YouTube channel)
This week, I met this Jain family whose son joined Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT) & has been booked for converting hundreds of people to Islam. The Madhya Pradesh ATS suspects terror links as well.
Sourabh Jain became Mohd Salim Jain almost 10 year's ago. His parents live in Bhopal.
Ex-@AAPGoa convenor @RahulMhambre tweeted a video of humble traffic police personnel helping a senior citizen at Miramar beach.
Kudos to the policeman. @Goa_Cops@DGP_Goa
https://t.co/Qr8riBpdTf
.@BJP4Goa Is this acknowledgement of every job being allotted at the helm of Minister / MLA till date ? by reelected CM @DrPramodPSawant
Is this content true @VijaiSardesai bab? If so, than shameful moment
@goanvarta does a good job to cover th statement