What ails “Amchem Bhangarachem Goem?” For every project that the Government initiates harming the interest of Goa/Goans and destroying the ecology of Goa, we the patriotic Goans have to organize Morchas and Puiblic Meetings to bring pressure on Government to halt those projects and yet the Government is reluctant to respect our feelings. Almost every government formed in Goa since the ouster of Portuguese from Goa was anti-Goa/Goans inspite of our voting those Governments to power. Why our own Governments elected by us refusing to listen to our voices when during the colonial rule our voices and grievanes were heard and accepted without any resistance even though our Portuguese rulers were foreighners and not elected by us. But now it is verver much hurting and also disgusting that our own rulers who being our neighbours and relatives are refusing to accept our views and pleas. Once our rulers are elected to rule us they beome nobody to us, they act as if they are unkown to us, they cut the bond of closeness with us and treat us as nobody to them. Within no time they become Hitlerian Dictators and go on destroying our land, our houses, our fields and our means of livelihood. What is wrong with our own people who are running our Government?
First of all these leaders of ours do not indicate these projects in their manifestoes at the time of election for us to approve and get our votes and as such we are not bound to accept rverything they do. Our elected representatives cannot do anything without our approval, Their 5 year term is not a dictatorialterm to to act like Saddam Hussein. Some of our Ministers are not capable to shoulder all their responsibilities, they are good to handle soft projects where their dividends of certain percentage of commission are assured. They are weak in handling their portfolios because they are backward, not educationally qualified nor professionally, e.g.Visvajeet Rane is incapable to handle his portfolio of Health having zero knowledge of Medical Science while CM also not sufficiently qualified to disctate his terms. Most of our Ministers are having very backward background while a few of them tasted the Chicken only when they got ministerial positions. Precisely because of this, recently the learned Lokayukta whose knowledge cannot be analysed by the ordinary Ladru & Pedru said that one Minister is unfit to be the Minister. If this is the case, what guarantee is there that the same Minister will not commit mistakes while handling his portfolio? If unfit Ministers are allowed to function then how will we develop our “Bhangarachem Goem?”
The way the present Government give us troubles to fight for our rights and justice it is really unbearable because all who are raising their voices they must not stop, only thru fighting we will.a
A Veronica Fernandes.
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