According to the latest news, in Calangute constituency, both the former bitter foes Agnelo Fernandes ex MLA and Joseph Sequeira the leading Panch of Calangute have turned out to be friends once again.
In the last election for Goa Legislative Assembly both Joseph Sequeira and Agnelo Fernandes played a Tug Of War with their respective supporters for the Calangute Constituency Seat and in the bargain with the help of Joseph Sequeira camp the soft spoken and humble man Michael Lobo won the Calangute Seat and Agnelo Fernandes lost the chance to retain his Seat thereby missing an opportunity to create a hat trick of wining this Seat for the third time. While fighting their Tug of War, both Fernandes and Sequeira created enmity not only between both of them but also between their supporters as well.
Now as per the latest information they have patched up their differences and joined hands together to defeat the BJP candidate in the North in the coming Lokh Sabah Election. Though not impossible to defeat BJP yet they must know that North Goa segment is not a Calangute constituency alone and moreover Calangute constituency is not Candolim and Calangute villages only, it is much beyond that over which the power of Sequeira and Fernandes is very limited. In view of this they must not exaggerate their power. They must know as Shakespeare said that there are more things in Heaven than what they dreamt.
Besides, Michael Lobo hailing from Parra village which is a part of Calangute constituency is wielding lot of influence and goodwill even from his earlier adversaries because of the good work he is doing in his constituency even though some of his earlier colleagues now turned enemies are intentionally keeping blind to this fact. Moreover, he is not using vindictive tactics against his opponents as third class Panchas, Sarpanchas and MLA’s are doing in their localities and constituencies to harass the locals unnecessarily.
Though now Sequeira and Fernandes are become friends after a bitter tussle earlier to gain the supremacy of Calangute constituency, their respective supporters who unnecessarily and blindly also created enmity among them to support their masters are still on belligerent mood. Who is responsible for this discord? Are not both the masters who are using their supporters to get benefit for them? These supporters are now in a state of dilemma knowing not in what direction they will have to move. In this case the leaders became friends while their supporters are still remaining enemies. Both the leaders thought only of their personal interest without considering the interest of their supporters who according to one source have been cheated.
For sure we got the information that both Sequeira and Fernandes are become friends again but never heard the same has happened to their respective supporters.
Meantime, let us hope the friendship between Joseph and Fernandes lasts for longer period and not just a honeymoon period as normally happened in the past.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Goa.