As reported in Herald dated 28.10.16, Congress remarked that the results of the just concluded Municipal election is a rebuff to BJP and in the coming election in 2017 Congress will root out the saffron party.
According to my observation, it is impossible for Congress Party independently to knock-down BJP from the power. Congress will have to align with the likeminded partners to fight the next election. If Congress feels the recent Civic poll results is a Barometer to measure its strength and the weakness of BJP then Congress is sadly mistaken. Congress will again face humiliation in 2017 if it does not correct its past mistakes of fielding corrupt, goonda, womeniser, gambler and bribe receiver candidates.
I am sure Congress will fail again if it fields the defeated candidates and old guards. It should be noted that people will again reject the earlier defeated candidates because they are corrupt Congressmen who looted the public. Because they are corrupt, people voted them out. In view of it, they along with old guards should be denied the election tickets in 2017. Congress should learn from Vijay Sardesai in Fatorda how he got his panel elected in the last Civic Poll by fielding young and new faces.
If Congress really wants to win the coming election then Congress must declare in its manifesto the austerity and simplicity measures for its candidates once they are elected. These measures are: No VIP culture for any elected member, no taking of bribe, declaration of the source of assets of every election contestant, no residing at Panjim Altinho Bungalow and outright rejection of any person against whom a FIR is filed. Can Congress Party do this? If yes, then well. If not, then Congress Party must forget even of contesting the next election just as it did in the recent Civic poll.
A.Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.Tel: 7507394349.