In the results declared recently of the Panchayat Election, like in the Assembly election, giants have collapsed, in many Wards. Those among the losers some were holding the monopoly of their Wards they considered as their kingdoms which will remain in their domain permanently. There was one man in one locality who was telling that his Ward is like his own Kingdom where besides him nobody will win. “I am like a King of this Kingdom”, he used to boast with a sense of pride. Pity that man, after 20 years of bossing over his said Ward, he lost in this election and in his own so called Kingdom, to a mediocre candidate.
He lost because most of his voters were gunning him for the enormous amount of illicit money he collected in hard currency from the builders and hoteliers by issuing licenses for them for buildings, plus property worth in crores and also innumerable concubines because excess of easy money leads to excess of illicit sex. On top of it he was acting like a Hitler in the Panchayat first as a Dpty. Sarpanch and later on as Sarpanch with the locals whenever they came for any work in the Panchayat. This was his pride because he did not know who he was. He was just a "Rostad" son of his Rostad parents who failed to give him good discipline and character. He thought Panchayat was his father’s property meant to take his personal revenge and anger against those who had personal conflict with him. He a bloody Bastard used Panchayat to settle his personal score. Now I will not be surprised to know that an ordinary Man from his own locality assault him. Now he will be like a fish out of water without power though he may have money but money without political power is useless. Many of the past political giants now “ghora boson fugddeo galtat”. It is a punishment for them for their past "dadagiri" and pride which they did on the strength of their political clout. They forgot that they were elected not to take their personal revenge but to serve the people.
Generally speaking among those who lost their elections in the recently concluded Panchayat election were those doing “Dadagiri” on the strength of their physical prowess and financial power. Now that their dadagiri is gone they will be sick being unable to bear to be nobody. This is the worst punishment. I am sure many of them will be mental wreck. People will spit on them and on their family members as well who were also responsible in not stopping them from doing dadagiri and making illicit money. Many of them are Catholics and being so the local priests are also guilty of not reprimanding these political dadas from acting rude and arrogant.
Are we worthy of the democracy that we are practicing now in Goa? Do we deserve it? Is it democracy or something else? In my locality interested persons got their candidates elected by bribing the voters heavily, one source said in one particular Ward even Rs. 30,000/- was paid per vote. In this way only the moneyed persons will get elected and when they are elected they will indulge in money making only. Is this democracy good for us? Who can afford to purchase votes by spending heavily? Only those who made illicit money thru illicit means. It is these people who are the real beneficiaries of this 'PONCH DEMOCRACY". This is the reason why India is backward in so many aspects when smaller nations freed much after India have made tremendous development. It is because of our leaders who are robbing the real essence of democracy. If at Panchayat level our democracy is so corrupt then how we will acquire best of benefits thru our democratically elected goons and cheats who will do nothing but go on robbing what is little left of Goa starting first from my locality the updates of same I will give as and when required.
A.Veronica Fernandes.