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HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | HAPPENINGS Remo refuses award from the Goa government18th Aug 2007 10.00 IST By Agencies Acclaimed musician Remo Fernandes has refused to accept an award from the Goa government to protest against what he called the "loot" of the state by its ministers, opposition leaders and politicians. The honour, instituted by the art and culture department under a scheme to recognise recipients of national and international awards, was scheduled to be presented to Remo today. The singer was awarded the Padma Shri in January.
"I refuse this state award or reward as a sign of protest against the government of Goa as well as the opposition, both full of ministers and politicians involved in large-scale attempted rape and sale of Goa through the infamous Regional Plan 2011, either actively or through their inaction," he said in an open letter to the art and culture department on Friday. Remo said his decision was also aimed at protesting the blatant corruption and communalism in the government and opposition as well as their failure to curb and control garbage and plastic, traffic chaos, excessive immigration and construction, destruction of Goan nature and beauty. He also criticised the politicians for "their continued failure to provide us our two most basic needs and rights: good quality health and education." Remo, however, thanked the state government and Chief Minister Digamber Kamat, who proposed and approved his name for the award which comprises a memento, a citation, a shawl and Rs 50,000 in cash. Related Remo Fernandes | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ Ayesha Takia to reduce her bust size ~ Rajnikant wants a Thursday release for 'Kuselan' ~ 'Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na' melts 'differences' between Aamir, Bachchan ~ Bollywood directors go from copy-paste to copyright purchase ~ Now, will Aamir Khan stub out the cigarette! ~ Contract : Movie Preview ~ John Abraham dubs for animated Alibaba ~ Amitabh Bachchan to lend voice to film on global warming ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Farhan Akhtar enjoying acting ~ Rahul Bose appeals to G-8 leaders to act on food crisis ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Love Story 2050, Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, De Taali, Sarkar Raj, Aamir, Mere Baap Pehle Aap, Jannat, Summer of 2007 , Haal-e-Dil, Kismat Konnection , Mission Istanbul , Ugly Aur Pagli , Aashayein MUSIC Kismat Konnection , Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na celebs» the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Rani Mukherjee | Aishwarya Rai | Gayatri Joshi | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Priyanka Chopra | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Kareena Kapoor | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Vivek Oberoi | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Sneha Ullal | John Abraham | Karisma Kapoor | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Abhishek Bachchan | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amitabh Bachchan | Meghna Naidu | Amrita Rao | Arjun Rampal | Mahima Chaudhary | Amrita Arora | Vidya Balan | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rakhi Sawant | Rimi Sen | Bhumika Chawla | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Sikander Kher | Genelia D'Souza | more... | 
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