PADREAK NIB VONNACHEM.

“PADREAK NIB VONNACHEM”, says one Konkani proverb and this is what has happened to both the rejected heavyweight Congressmen Churchill Alemao and Francisco Sardinha, the former revolted when his demands were rejected. Both are ageing and as such they should both retire from active politics taking cue of what George Bernard Shaw has said , that is, “a man after 40 is a rascal and unable to think properly”.

 

I fail to digest the logic of Sardinha to remain in the Parliament till eternity, he should accept the fact that after completing a long inning as MP he should accept the verdict of his party and go out gracefully instead  of resisting and defying the party.  As a party member he should abide by the party decision. In fact he should be thankful to Congress Party for retaining him till now otherwise he should have been suspended from Congress when he was involved in the Marks scandal for his Subrinha and debarred from the Party when as a traitor he revolted and joined hands with Parrikar’s BJP to form his own government.  Now, clandestinely he pushed his son to contest the election to split the votes but his son beyond his own house compound wall is an unknown entity having only nuisance value.  Without father's blessing son would never go ahead in contesting election to split the Congress votes.  Congress Party without any delay should throw out Sardinha from the Congress otherwise from inside he will do more harm to Congress than from outside. 

After the forcible annexation of Goa by Bharat, Dr. Gaitontde and Dr. Antonio Colaco were sent to the Parliament as nominated MP’s.  Immediately, Freedom Fighter Roque Santan Fernandes organized a Hunger Strike against the nomination of Dr. Colaco accusing him of Chmcha of Portuguese government.  Immediately Premier Nehru sent for Fernandes and when he met Nehru in Delhi, according to one source, Nehru told him “you deserve only one Seat but I gave you two and for these only two Seats you are making such a big nuisance?”

 

 

Both the two Parliamentary Seats of Goa are like a drop in the ocean but ironically because of both these two Seats whole of Goa is shaking as if 200 Seats are at stake. Both the MP’s are incapable of creating an extra ordinary impact in the Parliament as in the past; they will only enjoy the financial benefits, doles and other facilities for themselves and for their families. Very few people know how and where Sardinha and other MP's have spent the money allotted to them as MP's by the Central government.

Both the rejected persons are giving silly excuses accusing Congress High Command because they cannot accept to be nobody after enjoying the status of somebody. Both the Congressmen want to foist their kiddy children like many others, on Goa as if they are extraordinary politicians. These kids are nuisance in Goan politics.  In fact they are immature political babies deserving no seats even in the village Panchayat. There is no public demand for them in Salcette to contest the election because they are not President Roosevelt in  US producing extra ordinary economic "New Deal" which made the American public to force Roosevelt to contest the election for the third time by going against the two term precedent. 

 

For both these Congress rebels Congress Party was good when their demands were accepted but bad when their demands were rejected. For this reason they give all the excuses to justify their revolt because it is said  “Padreak Nib Vonnachem”.

A.      Veronica Fernandes,
Goa.
 

AILO CHURCHILL ANI GHELO CHURCHILL.

In early seventies, frequent defection was called as “Aya Ram and Gaya Ram” since one legislator in the North India, named as Ram made a mockery of the facility of changing his party and returning back with quick frequency.  This Ram reminds me of our Churchill Alemao who has created a record in changing parties as if changing of Shirts.  In Goa among prominent Congressmen only the late Purshottama Kakoddkar ex Congress President – Goa unit and a MP remained genuinely faithful to Congress party by not defecting to any other party with the exception of suddenly one fine morning disappearing from Goa and surfacing at Rishikeh.

 

 

Today in Goa if the Congress party is suffering for its survival and pristine dignity, it is only because most of the Congressmen are not faithful to the party as they are not genuine Congressmen.  They are in Congress party because they want to achieve their own personal goals of amassing wealth and power.  Prataph Sing Rane was not a true Congressman, originally he started his political career with MGP under Dayananda Bandodkar.  Francisco Sardinha responsible to give a footing to BJP to rule Goa was one of the worst Aya Rams and Gaya Rams, being a great political opportunist. Mauwin Godinho an expert in defection brought a disgrace on Congress Party when he betrayed Rajiv Gandhi with a Judas kiss by joining PDF and later on returning back to Congress fold.  Luizinho Faleiro and Tomazinho  Cardoso after flirting with Goa Congress of Dr. Willie for some time rejoined Congress Party shamelessly. And Digambar Kamat is no better than the other shameless defectors.

 

 

Regarding Churchill Alemao leaving Congress Party, I am fully confident from the past record that either today or tomorrow he will surely return to Congress Party which shamelessly like before will accept him back in its fold even though John Fernandes said none who leave the party will be reaccepted. This is a juvenile threat by John Fernandes who must know that Churchill Alemao and Congress Party are kiddy, neither has principles, their principles are self-interest. In the past the mighty Congress Party with a mighty history turned out to be a dwarf in front of physically mighty Churchill Alemao otherwise Alemaoisation of Goan politics would have ended long time back when PDF came to power thru Churchill Alemao piloted defection.  An expert in changing political parties Churchill Alemao will never change his habits of party changing and defecting which habit can be coined as "Ailo Churchill ani Ghelo Churchill" just like "Aya Ram and Gaya Ram".

  

 

          A. Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel: 7507394349.  

 

APARTHEID IN GOA CHURCH.

While preaching his homily in his Baptist congregation Church in his home State at Montgomery in USA, the late civil rightist Martin Luther King told the Whites who as per the local preferential treatment for the Whites seated on the benches kept at right side and the Blacks at left side, that "if you cannot integrate with the Blacks then you will never integrate with Christ because Christ is come from the masses as Blacks". Then Martin Luther went further and said, discrimination in the Church and in the Church area is against the Christ’s teachings and as such it is an anti-Christian act.

Since time immemorial Goa Church has been practicing discrimination in the Churches and even in the Church compound just as it was done in the USA. Salcette was more notorious in practicing apartheid policy in the Churches and this apartheid was practiced on the basis of caste system. Unfortunately, according to me there was not a single priest in the history of Goa like Martin Luther King who forcefully fought against this Goan apartheid in Goa Churches.

When such a dirty practice was going on in our Churches, to my surprise I cannot imagine how both the Goan holy priests Fr. Agnelo and Fr. Jose Vaz failed to raise their voices as Martin Luther did against this Church promoted apartheid. Martin Luther felt the pinch of the apartheid because he was a Black and this pinch forced him to fight against apartheid. Similarly, both the Goan saintly priests were non-Brahmins and being so they must have felt the pinch of Goan apartheid more and inspite of this their silence on this speaks very low of them.

Recently, the Church authority below my nose has issued a circular indicating preferential treatment in the Church Parking area for the personal vehicles of the village Sarpanch, his Deputy, local MLA and even ex-MLA's. Minutely observing this circular one can easily notice there the Church promoted apartheid. Why such a preferential treatment even for the ex-MLA's who for being corrupt were rejected by the voters? This apartheid should be stopped by the order of the Bishop because such discriminations do not suit in Christianity. Abraham Lincoln called such discriminations as Church inflicted barbarity. It is a shame for all those politicians receiving the preferential treatment to accept the same as if they are feudal lords when during their electioneering they preached equality for all just as Priests do in the name of Christianity. Both are corrupt - politicians as well as priests. These politicians by not identifying themselves with the common people are expecting Maharaja's treatment. In the next election common people must teach these artificial Maharajas a very good lesson.

Giving preferential treatment to the politicians is like giving such treatment to the rogues who suck the blood of the people and in this exercise some local Pe. Vigars playing a leading role is a matter of shame. During the last general election for Goa Legislative Assembly the Goa Church advised the Catholics to reject the corrupt politicians and now some Pe. Vigars from the same Goa Church are doling the corrupt politicians with preferential treatment as the Pe. Vigar does below my nose. I would not be surprise gradually to see the same Pe. Vigar reserving special seats to these politicians in front of the Altar to celebrate the Holy Mass and special burial spots in the Cemetery. What good and equality one can expect from the Pe. Vigar who himself is guilty of practicing discriminatory policies on the basis of caste system within his own family circle? I hope Goa Bishop at Altinho Panjim will take note of this and take corrective steps now only before things go out of the way.

According to my latest observation, many of the village Panchayats headed by their Sarpanches are bribe prone and unless they take the bribe they do not approve any of your plans. The bribe money then the Sarpanches distribute to all the Panchas supporting them on descending order, highest share to the Sarpanchas and the lowest to the Panchayat Peons. One of the major shares of this loot also goes to the local Pe. Vigars and because of this the local Pe. Vigars in many localities are closing their eyes to the loot systematically conducted by our Panchayats manned by the Catholics. This is the main reason for many of our Pe. Vigars to own Limousines and other luxuries from the doles they receive by giving preferential treatment to the corrupt politicians not only in the Churches but also in the Church compounds. This preferential treatment sometimes goes not only to the corrupt politicians but also to their domestic servants, dogs and cats as well.

Now it is clear how the local politicians erect their financial empires within a short time. When they start their political career in their localities they start as beggars but within a short period after looting the locals thru extortions and by demanding bribes they become rich and on top of it they don't even feel shy to move in society with their head high. Normally such politicians belong to the "Rostad" family background having no shame for committing illicit acts. And on top of it they go to the Church and pretending to be saintly receiving holy communion also. And because priests are party to their loot they close their eyes otherwise some Pe. Vigars bark from the Altars if anyone breaches any commandment.

A. Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.
Tel: 7507394349.