The biggest problem in our political system is the VIP culture that we inherited from our former colonial masters and that our elected politicians are following. Because of the cheap craze for acquiring VIP culture our political leaders are doing all sorts of nonsense to gain political power and those who already got this power they try all sorts of chicaneries to regain their political power. In the bargain these politicians are even committing worst sorts of crimes namely financial and physical to grab political power. This happens because our political leaders are hungry for honour because they are suffering from ancestral inferiority complex and precisely because of this inferiority complex they want to imitate our colonial masters. Thus they want to gain the psychological feeling that they are not from the inferior background but from superior.
It is a pity that none of the political leaders are surrendering this temporary honour of VIP culture even though they can easily do this because they are not born and brought up in VIP culture. In fact most of them are brought up like third class people. Though VIP culture is an artificial honour yet no body is willing to give it up because every political leader in our country in general and Goa in particular wants to be accepted as a feudal lord and a Maharaja. When the Ladru of our constituency got a Lal Batti Pilot Car he thought he won the world, but what a pity, after getting a kick in the subsequent election nobody knows where his whereabout is. Such pride is performed by the persons coming from the very low strata and parentage.
See their pose when they travel in the VIP cars, see the way they stay in Altinho government provided Bungalows, see the way they interact with the people as if they are omnipotent, see the way they talk to the people when they are approached by them to solve their grievances. When they talk to the people they talk as if they are the sons of Saddam Hussein and Hitler. Why is this exorbitant pride? Good that they are Monarchs only for a short period otherwise they would act like Barberians. On top of it they shamelessly perform their religious rites in the religious places as if they are closer to God. For such Barberians God will never give His Blessings.
Now, I would like to know from every political party and every election contestant their views openly on this topic and whether they will surrender the VIP culture once they gained the political power. Goa Su’uraj Party has already openly declared in one of their public meetings held in Panjim recently that they are against this VIP culture and if elected they will never follow the VIP culture.
A.Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.
Tel:7507394349.
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