CONDUCT NUREMBURG TYPE OF TRIAL OF ALL DEFECTORS.

It was not an ordinary shock but it was like a surprise, the way it came  like the thundering without lightning thus putting them out of the track. It came like a holocaust, it came like an atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima without prior notice. What is it then? It was nothing but the greatest shocking blow the worst traitor than the Biblical Judas, Vijay Sardesai received from BJP when he was informed by the BJP to submit his and his equally worst traitor colleagues, resignations from the Goa Ministry. It was highly unexpected blow which they found really unbearable.  In this context let me cite another example of sudden blow.

It was in early seventies when the then powerful Cabinet colleague and deputy Premier cum Finance Minister of India, in the Cabinet of Premier Indira Gandhi, Morarjee Desai was dismissed from her Cabinet. Morarjee Desai surprisingly knowing not what has happened on the previous night at Indira Gandi’s residence, receiving this news of his fate in the morning news bulletin of All India Radio, remarked thus: When I heard this news first at All India Radio of my dismissal from the Cabinet, “it looked to me that Indira Gandhi dropped me like a house wife dropped potatoes and Onions in the Kitchen”.  So humiliating this news was. And the importance of the jobs the ministers hold, they come to know only when they are thrown out abruptly. 

I saw once how so many MLA’s and Ministers while coming out of the Secretariat after the  dissolution of the Goa Legislative Assembly, were crying and sobbing by putting their handkerchiefs in their mouths realising the unwantedness and humiliation they will have to face. Within a few minutes one of them being unable to face the World around his head, after reaching home was struggling to jump into his well to commit suicide. Don’t we know how that MGP crook Karmali committed suicide in Bombay by jumping from the top floor of the Hotel where he was staying? He committed this suicide because Bandodcar denied him the ticket to contest the re-election, during the earlier term he was Education/Health Minister in Bandodcar’s Caabinet and because he was Minister, the pride and ego gone to his head, he started acting like a Maharaja and feudal lord, a short time ago the top Portuguese officials were living like feudal lords in Goa. Karmali was imitating them as if he was the Portuguese just like our counterparts in other parts of India under the British rule were doing by imitating the British Monarchs.  These Indians and those Goans who were known to eat Pan-Potti and Rotti wearing Dhoti cannot imitate the Europeans.  The Europeans are Europeans, they have their own way of living, eating, drinking and humanity  which are totally foreign to us and yet we want to imitate them.  Compared to them and their life style, we are far backward because we are intellectually “fakir” and just to untag that tag of fakir we try to act like them with full of pride in ourselves.  This is the result of the ancestral inferiority complex we are suffering and Karmali was one of them, the government provided Limousine, Bungalow at Altinho Panjim, security round the clock not only for him but even for his dogs and cats.  Did his “Azo” any time dreamt that his “Natu” will anytime in his life time enjoy such benefits?  Never.  But he enjoyed and during his Ministerial period enjoying all those free of cost facilties, pride gone to his head and started acting like super Goan in which capacity he started treating people below and around him like “Kochro”.  So when he was denied the election ticket to contest the election, how he could get on the same position as he was occupying during his previous tenure?  Earlier he was acting like a man coming from outer planet but later on how he could act thus?  Even an ordinary man on the street would not say hello to him by calling him as “Sir”. Thinking all these humiliations he would have to face, he said it is better to commit suicide which he finally committed in Bombay.

    

Today Vijay Sardesai and his gang of another 3 traitors are suffering from powerlessness though they have minted money thru illicit means but money is not everything and as it is quoted in the Bible “man does not live on bread alone”. Earlier they enjoyed the power abundantly especially Vijay Sardesai who even used to shake Parricar. He was wielding lot of influence under Parricar who according to confidential information have meekly surrendered for so many times. This support of Parricar reached to the head of Vijay Sardesai and Kauntte too and because of this temporary power both of them were acting like Emperor Nero.  They never thought that the power they used was just a temporary and borrowed one which can at any moment vanish like an Ether putting Vijay’s false pride on the road.  

        

I know the current generation is very angry on those politicians who are responsible to corrupt the democratic and secular system existing in Goa and according to my observation I feel the members of this generation will never forgive all those politicians who defected to other parties. This generation   members may even strip them nude and conduct Nuremburg type of trial of them on the public street.

A.Veronica Fernandes. 

      

USELESS CONGRESSMEN IN GOA.

With my head down in shame as a Goan, I strongly condemn the hara-kiri the shameless 10 Goan Congressmen committed by defecting to the BJP thereby creating political chaos in Goa. Just as at the Centre so too in Goa the weakness of Congress leadership was exposed. It is so many days now that this disaster took place and yet the Congress Party is still silent without going attacking.  Those Congressmen who are refusing to come forward at this critical time and shoulder the responsibility to face the current calamity, are cowards. They should not escape now from  doing damage control process to strengthen the party.  

Congress never had base in Goa and the present Congress Party  came to power only by chance without people’s mandate when Dr. Willy & Co. converted Cong. Urs into the current Cong. I. There is not a single Congressman now having fighting capacity to regain the loss suffered but they are ready to occupy the CM’s Chair. It is hard to digest that every setback the Congress Party accept like slave.  They lost their fighting spirit and if this is so, they must voluntarily resign gracefully so that their places are filled by the new fresh faces.   

In the first defection in Goa in early seventies when 5 UG MLA’s defected to  MG, under his leadership and as  an opposition leader, Dr. Jack Sequeira  without wasting a minute held 5 public meetings in the 5 constituencies of those 5 defectors and tore them into pieces by disgracing them publicly thru his hard hitting oratory.  The effect of these meetings was such that none of them got re-elected in the next election.  Similarly,  the public opinion should be raised against all the defectors now only.

Is Congress Party ready for this ?  I doubt. In view of this, are we the Congress voters ready to do anything to protect this Party?

Meantime, where is Vijay Sardesai and his other top Judases gone now?  Must be hiding from public galore.  It is a good lesson for them to learn because it is said “GHATH APLEAK SONTOS PELEAK”. “KELEM TUKAM ANI ZALEM MHAKA”. “KORTA TEA MAPAN BHOGTA”.  Atam khayat Patoyo.

A.Veronica Fernandes.

     

CANDOLIM SENIOR CITIZENS MEET.

On Sunday the 7^th of this month, in Candolim, at Bom Susego the monthly meeting of Candolim Senior Citizens was held  under the chairmanship  of Mr. A. Veronica Fernades who is  also the President of this organisation which is now nearing 2 years and having on its register about 50 members coming from all over Candolim.  Since its formation, this Forum  is doing wonderful job in trying to highlight and bring to the notice of the concerned authorities either local or  national the problems faced by the Senior Citizens. Since it is almost a two year old child yet it does not lack in anything. Last year it conducted a wonderful Press Coference which was attended by the prominent personalities from the village and also from the ambient areas.  As and when any issue of the importance of Senior citizens creep in, our association immediately takes up these issues as we have already taken so many earlier.

The following are the topics for discussion came in which all the attendees participated:

1: Calangute MLA does not have time for the Senior Citizens  because when our representative approached his office he was told it is not possible since he is busy. Again our representative will give one more chance since we have some issues to be discussed with him. However, in the past with due respect to him, we have communicated to him our needs.  

2: It is become a headache for the Senior Citizens in Candolim because of the constant Power failure in our locality. 

3: It is mentioned here in our locality that the Tap Water that we are getting is not purely purified, recently it seemed somebody noticed dead animals in the Tank located on the mountain above Araddy.  Concerned authorities must probe  this matter.

4: It is disgusting to note by the Senior Citizens that during night time many of the Pan Potti tourists and hotels staff working in Candolim mainly from Candolim Tinto to Sinquerim, drink the liquor on the road and throw the empty bottles inside the compounds of the locals.  These disgraceful people who are unwanted in Goa are not only a nuisance for us but a curse on us, hence their actions should be probed thoroughly and accordingly they should be warned and castigated.

5: It is to be noted that the Garbage Tax is heavily charged even for the small local establishments. It is hereby requested from the concerned authorities what criteria is applied in levying these charges.

6: It is very much disturbing to see the rage going on the road with every motorist doing the racing without caring for the safety of the pedestrians some of them are Senior Citizens.  It is advisable to install CCTV   at the main spots.

 

A. Veronica Fernandes.