This
is the first time in the history of Congress Party that it received such a
humiliating defeat in the last Parliamentary election forcing it to take inventory of this defeat. In Goa
first time it lost the South Goa Seat and elsewhere in the North its normal
vote bank was reduced tremendously. In my locality getting 103 votes more
than that of BJP is like Peanuts and in fact in reality it is like a big
defeat. Ravi Naik is accused by the party's Goa High command a few days back
of clandestinely working against his own self and if one analysis this
point carefully there seems to be a truth in it because in my locality Congress
has failed to distribute the voting slips to all the voters including some of
the hard core Congressmen.
The
inventory may or may not give the correct result but the right reason for the
defeat of Congress in Goa was the Pride, Arrogance and Revengeful attitude of
the elected Congressmen. What I noticed in many of them was nothing but Pride
of power which had gone into their heads when they were ruling Goa. This was the
main reason for Congress to lose the Goa Legislative Assembly election 2 years
back. Almost every Congress MLA and Minister was acting like a feudal lord
refusing to identify himself with the common man. The elected Congress
representatives of Goa wore the mettle of Maharajas to such an extent that some
of them even refused to walk on the same path as common men walked as if common
men are untouchables. These elected Congress representatives behaved not as the
worldly creatures but creatures from the outer space. Good that they were
finished in the election contest otherwise they would finish all the common men
from Goa.
Why
they acted so proud and arrogant? Because they suffered from ancestral
inferiority complex having been born in the suppressed atmosphere and brought
up under the suppression of their Landlords or elders who always treated them
and their parents with disdain. When I noticed any elected representative
acting proud I immediately deduce my conclusion that this person is suffering
from ancestral inferiority complex where he or his parents or grandparents were
treated like slaves and the anger of it he releases on to others and that too only
when he gets legislative power in his hands. Only the cowards act in this
manner and the sons and daughters or grand children of Ladru - Pedru.
In
fact this power is not for harassing people but to help them to solve their
problems but ironically the elected Congressmen did just the opposite thereby
forcing the harassed people to throw out all the proud and arrogant sitting
MLA’s of Congress Party.
John
Fernandes and other Congress leaders in Goa must take note of what I said.
Congressmen have acquired the very bad habit of wearing the robes of monarchs
inherited from the British Monarchy and also of Maharajas inherited from them
when they were stripped of their privileges. I see many of such former Congress
Maharajas are feeling shy now to move freely and openly since they are kicked
out by the voters. They stopped now using foreign brand cars, high breed
prostitutes, high class concubines and even high grade foreign liquors. Some of
them are now moving without security escorts and yet nobody touches them while earlier they wanted Police escorts even to go to the Toilets. The security escort is like status symbol for the elected representatives and not to protect them. Where is this security gone now for the former Congress Maharajas?
If
Congress is to revive its sagging image once again then it must retire all the
vanquished MLA’s because they with their pride, arrogance and vindictive
nature created a very bad image of Congress Party in Goa. Congress Party
must hunt for the fresh blood for the next election and not rely on Aya Rams
and Gaya Rams who change their parties as and when they think it is good for their personal benefit. Only the genuine Congressmen with their genuine faithfulness to Congress should be given party tickets to contest the next election. Otherwise Congress will be wiped out from our soil. John Fernandes and others who are controlling Congress Goa Command must take note of this.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim,
Goa.
