Mangalore: Tell us our mistakes to help serve better - J R Lobo

Sat, Jun 15 2013 10:00:18 PM

Mangalore: Tell us our mistakes to help serve better - J R Lobo

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Daijiworld Media Network- Mangalore (BG)

Mangalore, Jun 15: Newly-elected MLA J R Lobo and eight corporators were felicitated at a programme organized by St Sebastian Church, Bendore, held in the St Sebastian Silver Jubilee Hall here on Saturday, June 15.

Naveen R D’Souza, Sabitha Misquith, Ashok Kumar D K, Vinay Raj AC, Keshava, Asha D’Silva, Roopa D Bangera and Akhila Alva were the corporators who were felicitated.

Speaking on behalf of all the elected members who were honoured, J R Lobo said that being a corporator or an MLA was not just about rising to a high status or position. "Along with the position, there are lots of responsibilities to be fulfilled. Only one tenth of the people remember the work done by us."

He added, "Tell us our mistakes directly so as to help us serve better. In the same way, support our good works, so as to double our spirit to serve better."

In his presidential address, Fr Antony Serrao, parish priest of Bendore Church, said, "We have our own government on the dais today. We trust that the local corporators and the MLA will help bring development in our area, ward and the parish. Let the work begin from our ward, and then, after seeing our development, the other wards too will strive hard, finally leading to the development of the whole state and the nation."

"Let us focus on being Mangaloreans first, rather than harbouring difference based on religion and caste. Let us be secular and strive for the overall development of the ward, city, state and the nation," he added.

Fr Paul Crasta, Fr John Baptist, Fr Michael Santhumayer, Ronald Mayer and Laveena John were present on the dais.

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P. Shirish Kumar Hosabettu,Muscat, Manipal
Tue, Jun 18 2013
Did you find anything wrong in my comments?? Why it went to dust bin?

You don't like the impartial comments???

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KRPrabhu, Kudla/Bangalore
Tue, Jun 18 2013
It happens for many commentators from special category...this is secular India!

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Ronnie, M'lore
Mon, Jun 17 2013
Mr Lobo, I think it's time to get down to some real job on the ground, we the people of M'lore irrespective of what community we belong, have voted you so that your experience and clean image gets translated into some visible development around the city. Come 2018, we surely will honor you, till then no lime light, just work day and night, we will make your hands more stronger
Best regards

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Dylan, Mangalore
Mon, Jun 17 2013
Dear Mr.Lobo the roads in Mlore are in a very bad shape, there are no footpaths, the rainwater to follow there are no drains, just walk or drive on two busy roads of Mlore: Falnir road and Fr.Muller's road you will know the condition.Joel Sydney/ Mangalore you are right.

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S.S. D'Souza, Udupi
Mon, Jun 17 2013
Prabhumam,most probably none of the temples or the mutts have invited him to felicitate. If they did he would have certainly accepted that, & you guys would have certainly praised him as a leader of all communities. He was invited in the church for felicitation including members of other communities & you guys simply branded him as communal.

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KRPrabhu, Kudla/Bangalore
Mon, Jun 17 2013
Earlier for Yogish Bhat also no temples invited forfelicitation.This felicitation excercise is just like a kich and diverts his interest.This time we have not seen Khader also being felicitated in masjids or churches like Lobomam.I am nor pinpointing but only citing examples.

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Ravi Kotian, Padubidri
Mon, Jun 17 2013
Mr.Prabhu , you seem very silly and out dated in your comments / views.

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KRPrabhu, Kudla/Bangalore
Mon, Jun 17 2013
One can not expect every body like you Mr.Kotianre.Some are dull,few are serious,and other silly...others are aggressive,cunning etc.,what is there,it is natural. All fingers are not alike....

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KRPrabhu, Kudla/Bangalore
Mon, Jun 17 2013
Pre election Loboman was a simple,humble, non corrupt,responssive,accepted by all across the religions.Though I do not give any marks for him for having started his election root from a hindu templ,then visiting church,masjid etc.,I see in him sea change in outlook after electon result.After his win of MLA contest he is seen mostly in felicitation functions of chuches,christian people,organisations like Komu Sauhardha Vedike etc.,giving a feeling that whether this was that Lobomam who was before election.I never expected this change.If initil change is this what will happen in coming days.People from all regions majority fom Hindus have voted him to power which he should not forget.This is my sincere opinion without any prejeduce.

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Celine, Mangalore
Mon, Jun 17 2013
I don't understand why this felicitation by Churches and priests to political leaders elected by public people. Church leaders are supposed to give spiritual guidance and advice to common people. I dont understand why this special affection on Corporators and MLAs by church leaders. What message our church leaders are giving to the public? It looks to me priests are forgetting their duties and trying to get involved in unnecessary propaganda and publicity. Those public people involved in arranging this felicitation, please understand the difference between politics and religion, and let the elected people do their work peacefully. Am shocked to read Fr. Serrao's statement 'We have our own government on the dais today'! what does it mean? Does he mean to say that the present government is only of catholics? shame on us for accepting this statement. Congress has come to power because people got fed-up with BJP ruling. Looking at Congress drama since last 3-4 months it looks that congress is busy felicitating themselves and not taking care of their duties. Congress leaders please wake-up and put yourself into actions.

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J.F.D'SOUZA, ATTAVAR,MANGALORE
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Sir, you lived in Mangalore for the past many years. You have also served as AC, MCC Commissioner etc and you very well know the various problems that we were/are facing for for many years. I think there is no necessity topin ppoint the mistakes but still for the betterment of citizens of Mangalore you are required to provide basic facilities. But not immediately, you can provide them in a phased manner on its importance basis. We know that you will fulfill our needs during your term of 5 years and again come back with flying colours. Wish you all the best and sucess.

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Ravi Ullal, Mangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Mr Lobo this comment forum column is not at all enough to tell kangress mistakes.

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Valerian Mendonca, Mallikatte,Kadri
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Dear Sir,

Please work to provide us decent public transport system, storm water drainage and footpaths. There is ample space for foot path between Kankanady to Nanthoor and between Mallikatte center and Kadri Petrol Pump. At present pedestrians have no place to walk on the streets.
Private buses are a big messy affair in Mangalore. These buses don’t move unless it is pushed by the bus behind them and after half way they rush , accelerating and braking thus giving jolts to the passengers. The agony of passengers increases during Hot and humid conditions. Some buses have tarpaulin and during rainy season half of the seats gets water logged and to add to the misery of travelling blind folded in these buses.
Please introduce 50% KSRTC buses in all routes (Good example of orderly way of operating KSRTC bus is in route no. 51k to Mudipu). People have given you power. Please exercise them and come to their rescue. Please call bus Owners representatives and give them stern warning regarding dangerous way of operating public transport before cancelling their licenses. We want to see some improvement in the next 2-3 months.

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prakash, mangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Mr Lobo, As a person We can wish you best since you are a clean person and good administrator. Whatever you do good we will welcome. This will be limited to you and only you. We are not in a position to wish anything to your party for clear resons and the situation your party is in today.
If master is clean then only servants will be fearful and clean.

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kishor, kadri mangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
MISTAKES See our roads, sewage and electricity

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Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Great gesture of Mr.J.R.Lobo our MLA.to help and serve the people better.We all wish you all the best and please justify the voters voted you as worth choice to the costituvency and the state.Thanq.

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Gabriel Francis ( Gabbu), Mangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Mr. Rajesh Shetty,

Fr.Anthony Serrao felt proud that his parish community members ( though he felicitated corporators from non-catholic communities too) have been chosen by all community-faith people, and he wishes/prays for elected representatives to do good to society irrespective of caste/creed/community.

As religious leaders, they too have voting rights in the role of a citizen, and they too have right for opinion to choose a government. They too will have to vote for a candidate who safeguards their community. Let us respect that.

I would not hesitate to say any elected representatives as " our own government" if they work sincerely for betterment of society. We must feel proud with such a government irrespective of political affiliations. If your relative is MP or MLA, what would you call him ? Dont you say he/she is my relative ? Does it been he/she is entitled to work for relatives?

I never heard anywhere J.R. Lobo saying - " I wil work only for christian community " !! He has proved in his civil service that he helped people irrespective of caste/creed. We have to wish him well to work for all communities. And ofcourse give FEEDBACKS n CRITICISMS !!

Thank You.

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Harold D'cunha, Mangalore, India
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Mr. Rajesh Shetty, the word " Our people " means a lot to some and to others it means nothing but this word too disturbs.

I had attended 125 Mangalore Diocese celebration at Rosario Church and at Nehru Maidan. Bishop Dr. Aloysius said the same word OUR PERSON ( in Konkani - Amcho monees) at Nehru Maidan when then the CM Mr. Sadananda Gowda, was the Chief Guest and he addressed the gathering. This word has a warmth meaning.

If the felicitation is during working hrs, then it is a question mark. But if it is on holidays and on evening time, then it should not be a issue. This is my opinion.

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KA D'Silva, Dubai
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Elected representative are elected to work for 24 X 7 days for 5 years. there is NO non-office hours, non-peak hours, No off-seaons. If they think that they have non-office hours, then opposition members will be active during non-office hours!!!

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KA D'Silva, Dubai
Sun, Jun 16 2013
too much felicitattions not good at this moment because first priority should be given to avoid more damages due to mansoon and Sea Erosion. Lets keep all feliciations (Thammana) during the month of 'Atti' so that all can relax and enjoy the Thammana.

Please dont forget our Farmers friends to supply adequate fertilizers. This is the need of this hour, if this available after 3-4 months then no use.
Dont do like previous govt did 5 years back when farmers requested supply of Fertilizers, they have killed them in fake encouter.
Farmers are back-boon of our state. protect them so that they can feed all of us.

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Francis, Moodbidri/Dubai
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Guys to accept the mistakes humble heart is required!!!

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Francis, Abu Dhabi
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Dear Lobo, you already started doing good jobs for M'lore. Don't worry about what people talk about you & the cast. At the end of the day we need better M'lore with PEACE between people. That exactly what we are having now. Keep it up and God Bless You.

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Ajith, Mangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Elcent-JRL and Congress is not permanent.Sooner or later some other party will come to power.What is needed is weeding out all the bad elements in the system and ensuring that the bad things that happened under BJP never happen again.Thats why a post martem of all law and order problems is required.

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CYRIL MASCARENHAS, KIREM/MIRA ROAD/DUBAI
Sun, Jun 16 2013
MR.LOBO YOU DO YOUR WORK SINCERLY,PEOPLE WILL TALK FOR
EVERYTHING,BUT YOU DONT CARE,FOR EXAMPLE SEE SONIA GANDHI,BEHIND HER PEOPLE WILL TALK MANY THINGS AGAINST HER ,BUT SHE DONT CARE,SHE NEVER REPLY,FINALLY PEOPLE WILL KEEP QUIET..

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gerald, modankap
Sun, Jun 16 2013
MR.LOBO YOU ARE COMMITTING MISTAKE BY ATTENDING THE FUNCITIONS THAT ALSO ARRANGED BY YOUR OWN COMMUNITY. DONT FORGET THAT YOU ARE PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVE REGARDELESS WHICH COMMUNITY YOU ARE BELONGS TO !

I don't want to remind you that " ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS "

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Alwyn, Mlore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Felicitation programs is also a means of meeting point for the people to interact and express their thoughts and grievances, we should respect and support them for their moral boost and motivation. just being cynical without supporting them is demoralizing for anyone.

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enness, mangaluru
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Good 2 b Felicitated...Now please start Facilitating.....

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shahnawaz kukkikatte, dubai/udupi
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Sachu shetty/mundkur/dubai.

Are you afraid of skeletons falling off wardrobe???? BJPs co ordinated church attacks need investigation and guilty needs to be punished... you cant runaway from your sins...Still you are proud of your rotten bjp party...

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Ramchandra Kini, Mangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
This only shows as to how humble a person Mr.J.R.Lobo is. May God bless him and his family. the people of Mangalore have begun to love him for his simplicity and hard work.

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RTN MICHAEL MATHIAS SHIRVA ROTARY, PILAR SHIRVA
Sun, Jun 16 2013
do the nice job whatever u promissed to public.thanks

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Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Mistakes? Biggest mistakes is done by 37% of Karnataka people that they elected Congress Party being one of the greatest corrupt Political Party in India though we may find some selfless people like Lobo, etc. But Mr. Lobo too, fall on same line like any another Political Leader after being elected by his regional people. Instead of discussing developmental work at Mangalore region, he started talking about another committee to probe various attacks happens in Mangalore region. Mr. Lobo you are there to implement the development works only but not for dig out the past memories

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My India, India
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Dear Sachidanand Shetty,
Do you think you are more intelligent than 37% people who elected Congress in Karnataka. Are you saying Gadkari, Babu Bokhiria are non-corrupt? Yeddi was a BJP corrupt person. Karnataka people cannot not forget that. More importantly BJP supported the moral policing and paid the price for it. You should understand...corruption is there in every party and we have to fight to stop corruption. BJP by supporting moral policing was trying to take away our freedom to live, which 37% Karnataka people felt that is the first priority. Don't think that you are intelligent. Also don't be scared for those moral policing guys if they get punished for their crimes.

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Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Oh Dear Mr. India, let us take total of BJP and other Political Parties corruptions money together, still it will not come near to the total of One Lakh Seventy Six Thousand Lakhs of Crores of rupees. You may have to waste your entire life to count the zero after 176 Dost

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My India, India
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Oh Shetty,
When there is no freedom to live (according to BJP rule) as per law of Indian land, then how can anybody fight against BJP's or Congress' corruption.

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RAJ, Manglore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
WE have made MISTAKE.......WE ARE FOOLS after winning you are asking PUBLIC to tell you CONGRESS mistake just CHECK FILE'S INSTEAD MAKING DARMA........

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c ferrer, mangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
I have read with interest all that was said by the representatives that were elected as well as the comments of the public.
Let us know where we can contact each of you- your office address, your contact phone/mobile numbers, your e-mail addresses, your websites,etc.
Let there be transparency in all of us knowing the complaints and all of us knowing the action taken.
Let Daiji start this by offering to all the MLA's of DK a site/ email address, all the Corporators of MCC and Udupi similar facilities with "comments from the public and replies from the representatives on action taken"(very much like your own comments sheet(s).
I request the public to support this suggestion in large numbers by "agreeing" to it.

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K.M.Sheik, Bangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Dear Loboji,
Please remember, during your election campaign you have visited nook and corner of your constituency pleading for vote in your favour and you promised them accordingly as per your party's manifesto. There are poor people wanted you to fecilitate and they have no means. Please try to meet them as you done during your campaign and hear to their poor voice.

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Desi Jawan, Mangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Your first mistake is talking about religion and going to the past and asking for probes. Your party colleagues demanding for Rs. 200 Cores for community, Liquor issues, postponing promised subsidized rice to poor etc..

We need development, 24x7 water and electricity, protection of women, controlling traffic rules (speeding, honking, over crowding etc.) safe roads, walkways for pedestrians, prompt medical treatment, clean and hygienic public hospitals ..

Mr. Lobo, I think we need not to let you know your mistakes. If we start doing so. all your 5 years you will spend all your time only listening to your mistakes and there will be no other action than listening to the mistakes.

Just forget and take steps forward to do good for Mangalore and Karnataka.

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Eric Coelho, Mangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
It is nearing 6 months since the corporators were elected and nearly a month the MLA's were elected. Enough of Felicitations and enough of ribbons are cut. Time to start realistic work. The Mistakes to be pointed out that has been existing for many years - 1. The Ration Card problems the oridinary citizens are facing. The documents required to be submitted alongwith application, creating several windows to receive applications, applications to be written in either kannada or english and give the applicants a slip to contact the ration officials personally after 15 days to 20 days to check the status or to collect the card. Dont keep waiting for hours together. 2. The Markets in the whole of D.K. is so dirty and filthy that today even underwears and socks are sold in AC showrooms. I feel ashamed to see the markets that is meant for human consumption. There should be certain amount of hygiene. 3. The roads - there are no footpaths, there is no cycling lanes, there is dog menace, there is no pedestrians crossing and there's many such problems. We have accumulated a 65 years problems and if we don't start today, mark my words, we will be going into further doldrums over the years to come that no man on this earth can set it right.

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Joel, Sydney/ Mangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Mistakes. Stop attending all these sort of programmes, cutting ribbons and other stuff and start focusing on improving the infrastructure..

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Elcent, Mangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Well Mr Sharath, there is some truth in what you say but not completely.

People have a fundamental right to express emotion be in good or bad. Firstly, minority religious groups are facilitating the leaders, who if you notice are not of the same minority denomination. At this felicitation there is a good mix of people being facilitated who belong to diverse religious groups. Sorry to say and I am willing to stand corrected, have you heard any mutt or temple facilitating people of other denominations??

Well if the mutts and temples want to do so they can do so too, even now. No one is stopping them. Once upon a time they "preferred to chose" whom they wanted to felicitate. So today if a religious denomination is chosing to do so in an unbiased fashion I don't see any issue with that.

Secondly, your opinion is valid and I guess people take all this in good spirit. It is your opinion and you have a right to opinion and you have opined well.

I completely agree with you that these facilitation are getting a bit prolonged now and the elected representatives need to infact, start declining these and start focusing on the real challenge at hand.

But I would not endorse the view that felicitations should be stopped because they are being done by a particular minority group.

The corporators and MLA are elected by the general public and therefore even you and your freinds are free to felicitate them. Whether you would do it is another question :)

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C Sharath, Mangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Dear Elcent
W.r.t felicitation I would like to endorse my friend Ismail Perinje's view's here.
Let the public or religious groups or any organisation felicitate the elected representatives at the end of their current tenure for any good works they delivered. Let them felicitate after a year of good works or for any particular good work they did for their constituency. We will also do our bit by congratulating them in this forum as we are not at our natives currently. Let a Villagers/school/community centers or urban people felicitate their elected rep for after their needs have been fulfilled, then it makes sense.
Winning a elections not all or deserves all the felicitation. If there is right wave for the party or a right wave against a particular party even people like Navin Kumar Kateel gets elected to MP seat or Bava gets elected to MLA seat and they takes salute from the IPS. Renuka also gets elected, Shobha/Eshu,Haalappa or CT Ravi, DKshi/Gowda Family also gets elected if a party plays their card right today. Even for that matter jumping jack Pooja Gandhi would have also won if stood from a right party but for what ? Just because they got elected does not mean they have scaled the mount Everest to celebrate months of felicitations.
Do your job right first then you deserve to take all the accolades from whomsoever. That's all noting personnel.

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Elcent, Mangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
That Mr Sharath I completely agree 100%

But this does remove the fact that the earlier discussion was on felicitations by certain groups which I guess was not completely true.

Very true and well said - nothing personal !

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Bulsam, Mangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
If we want development to our region then stop getting emotionally. Don’t get attached to a single party and don’t accept the misuse of their political power.
Please remember, we have elected them to perform and if they don't, question them, check their developmental projects, see whether it has any impact to our region. If not, protest against these elected representatives.
The clear message by the GenNext to the newly elected politicians are, ‘Perform or Perish”.
Jai Hind!

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Roshan Sequeira, Bendur/Abu Dhabi
Sun, Jun 16 2013
With due respect to all the elected representatives including my dear friend Naveen, its not appropriate to get felicitated by church organisations. Religion and politics should be kept apart. You are elected by citizens of the city. Not only by parishioners of bendur church. Guys please act with maturity.

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Ajith, Mangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
C Sharat Mangalore.If yeddy spent most of hs time when he was CM in the temples you did not have any problem.If DVS spent most of his time with Boothas and Thambilas you did not have problem.Most of the BJP ministers were attending relegious ceremonies when ruling,and you did not have any problem.Now why are you so jealous?

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Basil, mangalore/dubai
Sat, Jun 15 2013
If you can count one hundred more good work that you have done then you may accept one honour. In the past congress has done one thousand more mistakes, and this honour & felicitations are too early for congress men.

"WORK MORE THEN HONOURS".

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C Sharath, Mangalore
Sat, Jun 15 2013
Well the first mistake is plese put a full stop to this relegious(church) felicitations that give a image to the public that they have voted for some catholic committie president than a MLA /corporaters to a consituency elected by people of all masses. There has been enough show of religious emotions now if this exceeds then there is no diffrences between BJP using Temples and Matts to score votes.

I know I will be disliked the mose in this forum for this comment and termed RSS agent but I am fine as far as the dislikers are the same whom once had Once problem with swamijis felicitating BJP pudaaris for financial or political gains.

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ISMAIL.K.PERINJE, PERINJE-YANBU/KSA
Sat, Jun 15 2013
Dear C Sharath Bhai,

Readers like or dislike but I will second it...

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Jude, Mangalore Dubai
Sun, Jun 16 2013
As a representative of the community, I don't mind J R Lobo attending these functions and being felicitated, but I do not agree to his making political statements from there. This will have a negative impact as he now represents all communities and all religious followers from his constituency. I would have appreciated if he were to give a call to the christian community to actively participate in nation building as equal partners instead of labelling themselves as minorities, or keeping themselves aloof, begging for dole outs from the government, thereby becoming easy targets for the extreme right like the BD, RS, RSS etc.

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Ravi Ullal, Mangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
C Sharath, Mangalore i agree with you. I would like to remind Mr.Lobo that apart from church attack and pub attack there are many things which our country has to worried. So Mr.Lobo work for the people and not for any particular religion or community.

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Jude, Mangalore Dubai
Sun, Jun 16 2013
One can try to forget the past and mov3e ahead, but as you move ahead, one must make sure that such things never happen again in our district, and bad elements who are contemplating a repeat should be nipped in the bud.

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Ajith, Mangalore
Sat, Jun 15 2013
Mr Lobo within 5 years if you do not restore the past glory of Mangalore which has been distroyed by Moral Policing and Bajarangees it will be your biggest mistake.If you do not identify church attackers and publish their names and punish them it will be your biggest mistake.Please ensure the serpents roaming under BJP rule never raise their head again.

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Elcent, Mangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
AJITH,

I HAVE ONE QUESTION TO YOU AND ALL THOSE WHO SPEAK ABOUT THE CHURCH ATTACKS. INDEED SHAMEFUL BUT WHAT WILL YOU DO ONCE YOU KNOW WHO DID IT AND WHAT WILL YOU DO AFTER THAT.

MY SUGGESTION IS MOVE ON. THATS WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT. IF WE GET STUCK IN THE OLD MUCK WE WILL ROT AND NEVER COME OUT.

WE HAVE GIVEN JR LOBO THE MANDATE TO DO GOOD AND IMPROVE OUR CONSTITUENCY. NO GOOD IS GOING TO COME OUT BY DIGGING OLD GRAVES. IT WILL BE A WASTE OF ALL OUR TAX PAYERS MONEY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY TIME.

I WOULD SAY IMPROVE THE POWER SITUATION, IMPROVE THE ROADS, DONT SUCCUMB TO LOBBYISTS. FOCUS ON HOW TO MAKE MANGALORE A MODEL CITY.

IN ALL THIS, IF SOMEWHERE THERE IS SCOPE AND TIME TO FIND OUT WHAT WENT WRONG WITH THE CHURCH ATTACKS SURELY DO SO.

ITS TIME WE FOCUSED ON DEVELOPMENTS RATHER THAN ISSUES WHICH ONLY MAKE LIFE DARKER.

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Lobo, Mangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Elcent,Mangalore
The people who committed heinous crimes against the community in the the garb of so called moral policing should be exposed and brought to justice. So that in future nobody dares to commit such cowardly acts. Law and order,justice are also part of development. Let the law take its own cource.

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Elcent, Mangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
Mr Lobo,

Perpetrators need to be bought to justice but do we have the time and luxury to find them and even if we did then what.

Is it even going to stop future incidents? No one going to hang them to set an example? We have incidents in Indian history again and again with even fiercer atrocities and people have been prosecuted but what has changed?

Finally my friend if we live the Christian way these should not bother us or else there will be no difference between Christians and others. This is the differentiation Christianity brings. Forgiveness!!

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Wilfred Tauro, Madanthyar,Dubai
Sat, Jun 15 2013
Very good felicitation and good and right message to the elected members and the people, who must start from ward,parish,city and the state. We wish you all the best to our elected members to work sincrely for the development.

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George, Mangalore
Sat, Jun 15 2013
South Kanara was once the bastion of Congress. People so much loved congress that they blindly voted for congress whoever the candidate is.
For me the biggest mistake the congress has made is : The elected respresentatives visited only once to their constituencies, that too during the election time. I am ashamed of this and ashamed of my party whom I voted for. The same MP who is elected from other party always reaches to the needs of the people, atleast visting the constituency regularly.

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ISMAIL.K.PERINJE, PERINJE-YANBU/KSA
Sat, Jun 15 2013
Dear Mr Lobo and Corporators Felicitation should be politely discouraged and instead it should be accepted after one year's minimum service.Such kind of felicitations are just waste of time and has no meaning @ all.Let people felicitate after making postmortem of service rendered by people's rep.Every hour is precious and in fact, spent on people's/voter's welfare(as you asked to ink mistakes...that is what I have to say)

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Prithvi Kumar, Bangalore
Sat, Jun 15 2013
Lobo sir, first mistake you are making is accepting the honours from all around and wasting your time. people honour you not for your achievement, but for thier own benifit.
You can be role model to current political community, by politely denying the honours and felicitation.
It's now time to concentrate for developmental work.

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Robin steevan, Kudla
Sat, Jun 15 2013
Your advice & suggestions are not required to work people elected MLA, Lobo's experience is more than enough to serve the people of karnataka. Bullet & ballot shows that your party's attitude.

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HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain
Sat, Jun 15 2013
Lobo sir, People of Mangalore, have lot of expectations from you. We sincerely expect that under your leadership things will take better shape be it education or employment.

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Ismail Shikh, Moodbiri/Dubai
Sat, Jun 15 2013
Long live Lobo sir,u r really taking care of people in all means.jesus christ may bless u in all walks of your life

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Stany Dsa, Mangalore
Sat, Jun 15 2013
Its nice gesture by Fr Antony Serrao to honour elected members of all party reps. God bless Fr Serrao for your vision

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Charles D'Mello, Pangala
Sat, Jun 15 2013
This is a good initiative. Let us develop our wards first, then state...it will be a chain reaction....!!?? There must be a competition among political leaders for development and not to make money for themselves. But present scenario is different than development. It need to changed for better tomorrow.

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jeevan, mangalore
Sat, Jun 15 2013
Dont go behind religion... work for our kudla.. we dont have bullet but we have ballot...

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Joslynn Rooswelt, Mangalore
Sun, Jun 16 2013
jeevan... Religion was first introduced by BJP in DK....

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Leslie fernandes, Brahmagiri, Udupi
Sat, Jun 15 2013
BROTHER LOBO,
YOU ARE TRULY LIVING FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU.
KEEP THE VALUES AT THE HIGHEST MY FRIEND.
CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE IS RULING THE AIR OF POLITICS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FRANK AND HONEST APPROACH TO LAST FOR 5 FULL YEARS.
SELFLESS POLITICS IS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE.
HOWEVER THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS.
I WANT TO SEE J.R. LOBO IN THE SAME LEAGUE AS ATALJI, SHASTRIJI AND THE LIKES...
IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO BE A HUMBLE CHILD OF GOD RATHER THAN BECOME A KING OF THE WORLD.

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Gabriel Francis ( Gabbu), Mangalore
Sat, Jun 15 2013
Tell us our mistakes directly so as to help us serve better. In the same way, support our good works, so as to double our spirit to serve better.

- Let this be the motto of every public servant. This means a lot. Thank You.

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Rajesh Shetty, Mlore-Shj
Sat, Jun 15 2013
Fr Antony Serrao, parish priest of Bendore Church, said, "We have our own government on the dais today.

Let this be the motto of every religious leader. This means a lot. Thank You

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