TEAM HERALD
MARGAO: The controversial draft undertaking that sought to bind tiatrists from directing a song against the government, ministers, MLAs, VIPs et al might have finally landed in Ravindrab Bhavan’s dustbin following the uproar in the Legislative Assembly and the outrage from the tiatr fraternity.
But the controversial decision continues to shroud in mystery with the key players heading the Ravindra Bhavan either washing their hands off the issue or distancing away from it. Questions are also being raised whether the top brass of Ravindra Bhavan are out to make the lower-rung officials scapegoats to save their skin following the outrage.
If Ravindra Bhavan Chairman Damu Naik disowned the draft undertaking a day ago, Ravindra Bhavan’s member secretary Damodar Morajkar on Tuesday said he is not a party to the decision. This has brought to the fore a moot question whether lower-rung officials, including the theatre manager had initiated the move without a nod from the both the Chairman and the member secretary.
When these questions were posed to the Ravindra Bhavan Chairman, he sought to downplay the issue by saying that neither he nor the general body had given a nod for the undertaking.
He, however, said he would inquire how the idea of exercising curbs on tiatrists originated, again washing his hands off the controversy.
Damu was huddled with Ravindra Bhavan’s member secretary Damodar Morajkar, who is also the district Additional Collector, on Tuesday to take stock of the situation arising out of the draft undertaking. When Herald sought to know whether he had initiated the idea of imposing curbs on the tiatrists, Morajkar said he did not put up a single note to the Chairman nor any officer of the institution to prepare the draft.
He, however, conceded that Ravindra Bhavan’s theatre manager had orally discussed the idea of imposing restrictions on tiatrists with him, but hastened to add that he had neither approved the draft undertaking nor discussed the same with the Chairman.
