Bans divert focus from important issues
First there was a beef ban in many locations in India by theBJP. Now there is a ban on meat in Mumbai and the surrounding areas to appeasethe Jains. The Congress may have started the whole ban process by notifying itto two days and so the BJP finds it a convenient excuse to quote the Congress.Of course, this time it is the Municipality that has imposed the ban. Suddenly,this idea of a ban on meat has spread like wildfire, to Kashmir, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarhand Punjab.
Personal abstinence in solidarity is one thing butcompulsion by order is totally imposing on the freedom of choice. All religiousorders in India have periods of fasting. If all are forced on others in the guiseof religious sentiments, there will be no end to frivolous demands.
The BJP wants the world to come to India. But, theseparochial diktats make those who it is forced upon to find it regressive.Important issues have bene pushed to the background - Rape, black money,corruption, unemployment, farmer suicides.
The BJP needs to deliver on their promises. Right now, theyare just blaming the Congress and the UPA for their own failures.
Nelson Lopes, Chinchinim
Private healthcare
Many a time private hospitals are reluctant to admitpatients who are critically ill and even accident cases where the victim hassuffered severe injuries. Such patients are directed to the governmenthospitals. When a person is critically ill, time is of great essence. The timetaken to transport the patient to a government hospital is the differencebetween life and death. It seems ethically and morally improper to deny acritically ill patient treatment. If the private hospital is not in a positionto handle the case then it should at least administer preliminary treatment andarrange for their own ambulance to transport the patient to the nearestgovernment hospital. The prime concern of any hospital should be to save thelife of the critically ill patient.
Adelmo Fernandes, Vasco
For years, Churchill Alemao has been elected to the Goa governmentand even Parliament as a representative of Goa. Digambar Kamat moved from oneparty to another, cementing his position in Margao and even building his ownvote bank. Surely Alemao has his stronghold too. He has even been on theforefront of many controversies. There were smuggling allegations, issuesduring elections, bribes and more. He has embarrassed Goa on so many occasionsthat his press conference in the aftermath of his team getting thrown of theplane is still used as an example of how not to speak English. Kamat is notthat controversial but it’s clear that there is some connection to the LouisBerger scam. Are these the type of people that we want to govern us? Neither ofthem are fit for it anymore.
Amey Kurtakar, Margao
