The sad rapes at Benaulim have stirred up a controversy of whether parents must own responsibility? None who questioned this aspect thought of asking why such ‘predators’ roam freely, even during curfew time? Even if they were juveniles, like in the Nirbhaya case, their parents were not faulted? These people are least bothered about how an elected representative sided with the rapists. The criminal activities going on along Station Road, Margao, was in the news. So, locals must be ‘vigilant’ and not walk alone along that road? Goa is on the international map and facilities must reflect this. In China, single women in the shortest of attires wait singly at bus stops after midnight. They are sometimes the only passenger in the bus, with a single driver. But in Goa, parents should not allow their children, even adults, to travel thus?
We need accountability. Today’s Govt merely speaks away problems: no deaths due to oxygen shortage -- even in the Lok Sabha; Pegasus was used in other countries; Aadhar card, though not mandatory, must be linked with PAN card. We are a lawless nation and, by sheer numbers, lawless people enforce such ridiculous strictures.
