Very important phase of the life of many of us is going on now and we are much worried of not knowing what will be the outcome of the phase that we are now passing thru. Since election is approaching very fast we are all busy in doing something or the other with regard to the election fixed on 14th of this month. Because of this election, many of the people involved in it directly as contestants or indirectly as party followers or as the leaders of the contestants. As party leaders contesting the election they were supposed to give a round every fortnight in every ward of his localityin his Constituency and to enquire with his voters and to get the first hand information of his voters and if he finds anybody during these rounds sick or is in any problem the leaders if they are the real leaders having real qualities of leadership in their blood and moreover they are the real sons of their real fathers, they will help their voters in getting their problem solved. But unfortunately there is not a single leader of calibre or the contestant who got the blood running in his veins of his genuine father then only he will devote his time in his constituency to see the needs of his voters. Otherwise like a True Bastard and also like the son of his Bitchy mother, he will escape from performing his obligations towards his voters. Such candidates got no right to beg for the Votes.
Take the time during the peak of Covid and see so many of people were languishing in the hospital or at home without food and other necessary requirements and no money to buy essentials, our leader who was the same whom the voters voted him to power earlier stupidly have failed miserably even to give a plain phone call asking them just these 3 comforting words ”HOW ARE YOU?” WILL he gather courage this time to come to the doors to beg for their votes? What is the quality and character of this type of rascal leaders who are interested in filling their own pockets only and constructing their own Bunglows without even proper documents as if the they are the “Poske Put” of “Serkar” allowing them to do anything illegally. The rascal who on the strength of some of his persons who are experts in doing illegal projects are ready to do anything and as a matter of fact people of dignity are ashamed of such leaders doing illegal business.
From the above we realise how stupid our leaders are who by Bastardising their dirty character they escape from their genuine responsibilities towards their sincere voters and thus bring about disaster in our democratic system. In this way how will we get good leaders? It is impossible for us in Goa especially to locate good and responsible leaders. We will in such a situation suffer from the abject poverty of leadership and in this way we will be at the mercy of rascal leaders who will again fail us in giving us the most upright leadership.
The problems with our current leadership is this that it does not care for its obligations because our leaders are selfish. Our current political activities carried by our third class politicians are considered by our politicians as Commercial where money is the main criteria, today's politicians are involving in politics to gain an enormous amount of money, he is the most shameless and if necessary he knows the job of a Pimp on which he ultimately bank. This is the very ugly and shameless stage he reaches in search of money and power. Why? Because money is become so powerful that other than God’s power there is only one strong power that is the money power, money and that too easy and fast money.
Exactly another week is remaining for the coming election and still candidates and their parties are not certain whether they will win or not, they are not certain that they will get their expected quota of votes or their votes will be splitted leading the common opponent to get the maximum number of votes. In this case, since every candidate is indicating his opposition to the BJP, why even at this last moment some of the doubtful candidates take a very hard and bold decision and withdraw from the contest in favour of the candidate who is likely to score more votes? As it is our Church leaders are constantly making big noise regularly in the Churches opposing the splitting of Votes. In view of this, why our Church leaders who are maintaining good relationship with some of the fringe candidates whose involvement in this election is only for academic point of view, advise these candidates to withdaraw? Otherwise, later on there is no point in crying and crying for our luck, our luck is what we make. This should be done hurriedly because time is ticking sprintingly.
A.Veronia fernandes.