TEAM HERALD
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PANJIM: The governor of Goa reserved his choicest words for perpetrators of crimes against women, in his republic day speech, reflecting popular sentiment against rapists while also calling for coordinated efforts of government authorities and spirited citizens.
“People with sick and neurotic minds are perpetrating heinous crimes on our innocent women and children in some parts of the country, including Goa. I feel concerned that the morbid mentality and brutal behaviour among some people, is assuming alarming proportions. This need to be arrested to save our national dignity and ensure the security of our women and children,” the governor said adding that he hoped that “sanity would prevail and those who commit heinous crimes and brutality on innocent people, will be brought to book.
Goa had it’s tragic ‘nirbhaya moment’ in the form of the rape on a seven year old schoolgirl within the school premises that saw protests in the port town of Vasco-da-Gama including a spontaneous shutdown. The accused is still at large, with the police admitting that it is a ‘blind case.’
The governor in his speech also stressed the importance of the civil servants being participatory, responsive, transparent and sensitive.
“Our civil servants, law enforcement agencies and others in the governance system should function in a participatory, responsive, transparent and sensitive manner. Our public Institutions should re-orient their approaches to become more development oriented and Citizen centric and not insular and inward looking in approach. We need to be conscious that the expectations of the people have increased and we need to respond to these raised expectations,” he said.
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, Speaker Rajendra Arlekar, Co-operation Minister Deepak Dhavlikar, Minister for Forests and Environment Alina Saldanha, Leader of Opposition Pratapsingh Rane, Francisco Sardinha, MP, Shripad Naik, MP, Rohan Khaunte, MLA, former Chief Minister Shashikala Kakodkar, Vaidhehi Naik, Chairperson, CCP and Chief Secretary B. Vijayan were present on the occasion.
The Governor and the Chief Minister distributed prizes to the winners of March Past on the occasion.
The governor also boasted of the “innovative and welfare-oriented schemes introduced by the Government.”
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