We heard many times the words Surrogate Mother which means a woman rents her womb for delivering a child. On the same basis I am coining my own words as Surrogate Political Party. What is Surrogate Political Party? A Political Party that allows its symbol for a particular candidate to contest the election and after winning the election the candidate defects to any other political party that forms the government and gets himself the maximum benefits. These benefits may be in the form of Ministerial berth or Chairmanship of any Corporation or Financial doles in crores of rupees.
In the recent past we have noticed mainly in Salcette how some corrupt politicians after getting elected from the votes of the corrupt voters in their respective corrupt constituencies by bribing the bribe able voters defect to any party of their choice. This attitude and behaviour of the defectors is very bad. It must get a full stop now onwards.
In Goa there are two known political parties acting like Surrogate Mothers letting their corrupt wombs to the known defectors who for the greed of money and power are destroying Goa. These two political parties are United Goans Democratic Party and Save Goa, both these parties are cheap parties having no control over its candidates. May be a part of the loot acquired by their elected representatives after their defections is shared by these parties. The leaders of these parties in the beginning talk big as if they are having full control even over the souls of their candidates but once elected their candidates say to "hell with your party.
It is a time now for the Goa lover voters to get open assurance from their candidates that they will not defect to any other party once they are elected. Goa is destroyed by these corrupt defectors from Salcette. The whole corruption started in Goa with bigger magnitude only with the formation of PDF Government of "Chor" and corrupt Goykar politicians who began looting Goa and Goans without any hindrance. Some of those who are still in the ruling party have not stopped an inch of what loot they have been doing. There was a time Salcette politicians protected Goa more than anyone but now Salcette politicians are destroying Goa more than any other Goan politician and in this destruction sadly our priests and other Church leaders are helping the corrupt politicians to loot and destroy Goa ad Goans.
Before going to the Polls and before casting their votes, voters from Salcette mainly from Navelim, Benaulim, Cortalim, Curtorim, Nuvem and such other constitueuncies where elected representatives defected to other parties, must get a full and publicly declared assurace from their representaitves that they will not act as Judases once they are elected. On the contrary they should remain faithful to theit parties that got them elected. Voters must get a firm assurance that "No Aya Ram - Gaya Ram" will be tolorated.
And finally, voters in Salcette must ask UGDP, Save Goa and Goa Vikas Party what legal precaution they will take to prevent defection of their candidates. If no proper satisfactory answer is coming then voters should boycott these parties and their defection oriented nominees. The NGOs, Youth, Social Workers and Religious Gurus must take active role in awakening the voters to act sensible. Otherwise defectors will totally destroy Goa and Goans. The defectors are not genuine Goans, they are not the real sons of their real Goan fathers and precisely because of this they act against Goa and Goan interest.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
