It was when I was
schooling at Arpora School that I joined the Congress Party because inspite of
its innumerable flaws they committed since the independence of India, I still
found in this party some good. From 1947
till the time of introduction of the worst type of Hitlerian rule of Emergency all
over India by premier Indira Gandhi, Congress did well. Indira Ghandhi the
great daughter of the great world leader Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was on behalf
of Congress party earlier stripped the
Princes and Nawabs of India of their Princely Purses in the name Indian
Socialism to bring about economic equality in India.
The economic revolution that Indira Ghandhi
dreamt ultimately remained in her dream only as a joke. What good she was capable of bringing to tide
the big disparity in India between Poor and Rich? The few Indian Rich are becoming richer and
richer and the poor becoming poor and poorer thereby creating a strong
animosity between the two segments of Indians.
Indian poor got only one weapon into their
hands and that is the electoral democracy thru which they can cast their most powerful weapon known
as VOTE and thru this electoral democracy they can bring about a change but is
it possible in India with the Indian masses and even they succeed in this
revolutionary system, will the leaders of this change cooperate to implement the
change? I doubt very much this will materialize
in our land because in India in general and in Goa in particular we lack proper
leaders to implement this type of changes because our leaders of the poor and
of the masses are most corruptable suffering from inferiority complex and are
likely to go against their own segment.
If we in Goa had a strong leader among the masses, our poor people would
never remain poor. It is a tragedy that
we lack capabe persons among our poor to lead the poor and even among the poor
a few come out successfully from their poverty line they unfortunately do not
do anything for the betterment of their poor brothers and sisters. These few people from the masses have proved
themselves as selfish, they only fill their own pockets without caring for
others.
Now the election time
is approaching very fast, all the earlier MLS’s and also the first timer will come to your places
like BEGGARS and without any shame will BEG with you in folded hands your precious votes. Some of these rascals they did not care you during
the COVID tragic time when everyday people were dying in big numbers. Did they come to your places to enquire with you
if you need any help? Some of these
bloody sons of their stupid mothers will
come to ask your Votes. If possible, kick
them out from your places, by kicking them out you will not lose anything, your
one vote for them is like Oxygen for
their life and survival. Even if you
spit on their faces they will never say anything because your vote is more important
now. Thru your one vote some of them they
won the election and minted money for them rightly and wrongly and thus became
crorepotis. What benefit you got from
their crores?
They by amassing
huge wealth built big Bungalows not one but so many in so many places,
purchased big Costly Cars and properties and are living like MAHARAJAS. While enjoying these facilities did they see
you and did they ask if you need anything or are you having any problems? No, Never because they are not bothered of
you. They will say as some of them said
earlier that they belong to the same category
as you, me and others and thus bringing them to our level. But never believe them, they once become MLA’s
and Montris they change their status to 360 degrees while our status remains the same. They will never identify themselves with us
because they acquire very high level due to their political power and financial pyramid. If they identify with us then they must live
like what we are living. Why they want
to live in the Government Bunglows at Altinho Panjim? And on top of it all they say they and we are of the same level. They will never be able to identify
themselves with us because they have
huge amount of illicit money while we do not and as such they will never be
able to identify with us. In such a situation we must not vote for
them. According to the Congress philosphy
we are all one, but later on other parties too followed this philosophy. When we have so much of financial disparity among
us that is between the political ruling class and others we will never be under
on roof.
A.Veronica Fernandes.
