PANJIM, Feb. 6 -- Art and Culture Minister Govind Gaude, when asked to explain an allegation of grave corruption levelled against his department for siphoning, said he is warming up to bat, in what he calls a (cricket) game.

The cruel irony in this statement is that transparency and clean governance appear to have been hit for a six.

Shockingly, the Goa government is yet to order an inquiry into the allegations of siphoning of grants belonging to the Directorate of Art and Culture by some cultural organisation from Canacona taluka.

Following allegations by Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar and panchayat members from three village panchayats of Canacona taluka on Friday, the government is learnt to have asked the Director of Art and Cult...