PANAJI
In what could be construed as a politically coloured comment, Director General of Police Indra Dev Shukla on Thursday said that the people of Goa, in the February 14 elections, have rejected an ideology which believes that elections are synonymous with crimes and general mayhem.
"I will say that the election has gone peacefully and the people of Goa have shown a mirror to all others who were participating here. I don't want to comment (on) anybody.
"But one thing I will certainly say, in few states, few political parties, they believe in that their election starts with bombs, murder, burning of houses, with ransacking, with inducement and with threatening," Shukla said at a function at the Verna Industrial Estate.
"The people of Goa, Goenkars, have given a very good lesson. No ideologically we may be different, but these cultures cannot be brought here and it cannot be a fertile ground for these cultures. And it will never be a fertile ground for them," Shukla said.
"We do not want all these kinds of things. Irrespective of any party across the lines, credit goes to the people and they have voted in such huge numbers, but no violence. No doubt, we have also acted positively, wherever possible," the top cop added.
