I don't go by Internet dictionaries: Parrikar
GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI | 22 April 2013 20:20 IST
“I don’t go by Internet dictionaries”, said Manohar Parrikar, known to be Goa’s technocrat chief minister.
The issue came up when independent MLA Vijay Sardesai used the word ‘jingoism’ to criticise Goa government’s act of imposing entry tax on vehicles entering Goa.
“The tax is in violation of the Constitution of India. Why this jingoism”, asked Sardesai.
The chief minister immediately asked for a dictionary and then said the word does not exist in the dictionary.
Sardesai immediately surfed on the net through his mobile and started reading out the meaning – extreme chauvinism.... – but he was stopped by Speaker Rajendra Arlekar.
The word is however found to be existing very much in the print editions of Oxford as well as Chambers dictionaries for over a decade now.
The print edition of Oxford describes it as – “extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy”.
Chamber dictionary describes it as “chauvinistic act”.
The internet edition of Cambridge describes it as “the extreme belief that your own country is always best, often shown in enthusiastic support for a war against another country.”
Parrikar however later clarified that the concept of entry tax is not at all in violation of the Constitution.
“It was introduced by the Congress in last year’s budget, I implemented it this year”, he said, only after seeking legal advice on it.
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