Rane,
Malaviya painted black
Sandesh Prabhudesai
31 March 2003
Mr Shantaram Rane, Member Secretary of Kala Academy, was
painted black by over 100 furious activists of the Goa Hit-Rakhan
Manch today by storming the Kala Academy complex today afternoon.
Later, the protesters including young boys and girls also
stormed office of the Goa Meat Complex, painting black H.
K. Malaviya, who has been appointed as the managing director
of the Goa Meat Complex on contract by gifting him third extension
after retirement.
At Kala Academy, the GHM protesters also burnt down effigy
of chairman Mr Pratapsing Rane, amidst shouting slogans in
protest of appointing two non-locals as music teachers without
even advertising for the posts locally.
After submitting memorandums to the GKA officials as well
as Chief Minister Mr Manohar Parrikar last month demanding
immediate scrapping of the blatantly illegal contractual appointments,
the GHM at a rally held in Panaji had served a deadline. The
action was in response to the inaction of the authorities.
Addressing the activists and artists gathered at the venue,
Mr Prashant Naik, the GHM spokesperson, warned that the youth
of Goa would not allow any programme organised by Kala Academy
if the deserving artists of Goa are continued to be neglected
and insulted in such a manner by appointing non-locals for
no reason.
While cautioning the government not to play with the sentiments
of the Goan unemployed youth, Mr Naik also declared that all
such officers and politicians working against the interest
of Goa and Goans would be treated as Criminals Against Goans
in future and treated accordingly.
The activists later also marched to the nearby Goa Meat Complex
office situated at Campal, shouting slogans against contractual
appointment of Mr Malaviya, by granting him post-retirement
extension for the third time at the cost of deserving Goan
officers in the Animal Husbandry department. The memorandum
in this regard was submitted to Animal Husbandry Minister
Mr. Dayanand Mandrekar last week.
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