In the
results declared recently of the Panchayat Election, like in the Assembly election, giants have collapsed, in many Wards. Those among the losers
some were holding the monopoly of their Wards they considered as their
kingdoms which will remain in their domain permanently. There was one man
in one locality who was telling that his
Ward is like his own Kingdom where besides him nobody will win. “I am like a
King of this Kingdom”, he used to boast with a sense of pride. Pity that man,
after 20 years of bossing over his said Ward, he lost in this election and in his
own so called Kingdom, to a mediocre candidate.
He lost
because most of his voters were gunning him for the enormous amount of illicit
money he collected in hard currency from the builders and hoteliers by issuing licenses for them for buildings, plus
property worth in crores and also innumerable concubines because excess of easy
money leads to excess of illicit sex. On top of it he was acting like a Hitler
in the Panchayat first as a Dpty. Sarpanch and later on as Sarpanch with the locals whenever they came for any work in the
Panchayat. This was his pride because he did not know who he was. He was just a "Rostad" son of his Rostad
parents who failed to give him good discipline and character. He thought Panchayat was his father’s
property meant to take his personal revenge and anger against those who had personal
conflict with him. He a bloody Bastard
used Panchayat to settle his personal score. Now I will not be surprised to
know that an ordinary Man from his own locality assault him. Now he will be like a fish
out of water without power though he may have money but money without
political power is useless. Many of the past political giants now “ghora boson
fugddeo galtat”. It is a punishment for
them for their past "dadagiri" and pride which they did on the strength of their political clout. They forgot that they were elected not to take their personal revenge but to serve the people.
Generally
speaking among those who lost their elections in the recently concluded Panchayat
election were those doing “Dadagiri” on the
strength of their physical prowess and financial power. Now that their
dadagiri is gone they will be sick being unable to bear to be nobody. This is
the worst punishment. I am sure many of them will be mental wreck. People will spit on them and on their family members as well who were also responsible in not stopping them from doing dadagiri and making illicit money. Many of them are Catholics and being so the local priests are also guilty of not reprimanding these political dadas from acting rude and arrogant.
Are we
worthy of the democracy that we are practicing now in Goa? Do we deserve it? Is it democracy or something else? In my locality interested persons got their
candidates elected by bribing the voters heavily, one source said in one
particular Ward even Rs. 30,000/- was paid per vote. In this way only the moneyed persons will get
elected and when they are elected they will indulge in money making only. Is
this democracy good for us? Who can afford to purchase votes by spending heavily? Only those who made illicit money thru illicit means. It is these people who are the real beneficiaries of this 'PONCH DEMOCRACY". This is the reason why India is backward in so many aspects when smaller nations freed much after India have made tremendous development. It is because of our leaders who are robbing the real essence of democracy. If at Panchayat level our democracy is so corrupt then how we will acquire best of benefits thru our democratically elected goons and cheats who will do nothing but go on robbing what is little left of Goa starting first from my locality the updates of same I will give as and when required.
A.Veronica
Fernandes.
