Sattari Still In Stone Age
http://www.oheraldo.in/news/Local%20News/Man-made-wooden-bridge-posing-threat-in-Keri/38734.html
With reference to the above link, are we still in stone age or the 21st century ? A man made wooden bridge made of bamboos and coconut tree trunk still prevails in Goa, which is in taters at the moment and that too in the constituency of the former Chief Minister and present Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly Mr. Pratapsingh Rane , Whow ! I thought, the number of times that the people of Sattari have elected their demigod to the Assembly, was because of all the development he may have done in his constituency.
He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly for almost three decades if not more and it’s extremely difficult to digest that the very basic requirements of the people in his constituency have been neglected. With the number of terms he has had as an MLA of the constituency, he should have made Sattri a paradise on earth. Most of his political life he has been, either the Chief Minister or a Cabinet ranked Minister, it’s a shame that after being in such a position for so many years he has failed miserably to adhere to the basic requirements of his people. What is the use of having such a senior politician in the Assembly, if he cannot even build a small bridge for the people of his constituency, for children to use it, to go to school ?
It looks like all the while Mr. Rane has been busy amassing wealth for himself by means more foul than fair as a politician, the children of his constituency have been risking their lives going to school to get basic education for themselves, so that they could someday become something, in life. But on second thoughts probably that’s what Mr. Rane does not want to happen, how can uneducated people challenge him, give them a few sarees, cycles, umbrellas or even a motorcycle or two and he can have all their votes, and laugh all the way to the Assembly.
In most of the Gulf countries, the authentic locals called Bedouins are left deep in the interiors, they are given every luxury and money in abundance but not education, as they have everything they need at their door step, they seldom venture into the major cities, they are happy to stay where they are and the rulers are more than happy to leave them where they are, so that they don’t educate themselves and fight for their rights. Probably this is the same policy that Mr. Rane himself is following, he doesn’t want the uneducated locals of the area to be educated because once they do, they will know their rights and fight for them or even his seat. Wise guy Mr. Pratapsingh Rane, and to make matters worse, he has managed to pull his son in as well, though a novice in politics he has been made a minister even though there were some very senior Congress politicians who deserved ministries and in just a short while, he seems to have out done his father in more way than one. The father son duo are ruling the roost up north without any benefit to the locals.
I hope people of Sattari realize their folly, in their blind faith in their demigod and see the truth in earnest for what it is.
Freddy Agnelo Fernendes
Dubai - UAE.
