Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and his dedicated team ofministers have been a total failure in running the State, especially afterousting Governor Satya Pal Malik by colluding with the Centre. Bad governanceis showing now and then. Take the case of Melauli protests against the IITproject. The government is hell-bent on trampling the livelihoods of thesesimple village folk. It seems this government is not aware of the biodiversityof this place. The government should spend time and see what is happening inCalifornia, Brazil and Australia. Will our fate be the same? Is having an IITin Melauli as important as the rich agricultural land being usurped from thepoor people, whose only source of income and livelihood is farming? To saveMelauli, courageous and effective action is needed by both peoples’ movementsand NGOs, also not forgetting the media. We need people of integrity to fightthe rot. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has to understand that people’s will isbigger than his. If he doesn’t understand this, then Goans will have to unseathim.
