It is a pity that Rahul Gandhi blamed his senior leaders for the debacle of Congress Party in the just concluded election for pushing their sons to get them tickets for contesting the election. It is these seniors who are responsible for the disaster of Congress all over India, including in Goa. These seniors got only one agenda, i.e. to use Congress Party not only to promote themselves but even their sons, daughters, wives and other relatives. It is too late now for Rahul Babu to put the Congress Party on the right track, however, fortunately, immediately following the independence of India from the British, India was into the hands of Congress Party and this party could have done wonders for the common Indians but instead the Congressmen preferred to lead a life of pomp and luxuries by denying the ordinary common persons the daily necessities of their life. Nehru boasted of acquiring everything best for India from the Soviet Russian constitution but regrettably they have purposely rejected the “Right to Work” to constitutionalise in India. Our good for nothing Congress personnel knew in advance that Congress was incapable of providing jobs for all Indians because Congressmen were then as they are now too useless and lazy to bring dynamic changes in India for the development of Indians. The major item of development for India is the attainment of optimum employment but unfortunately not only Congress but all the major political parties ignored this item as if employment is of secondary importance in India because we are getting “Heavenly Mannas” and as such can the Indians ignore the importance of Right to Work?
It is very much hurting that the present days youth even those unemployed ones are totally lethargic to this subject of their own concern. If they don’t try to put pressure on the government even by organising street demonstrations then who else will do this for them? All the governments that came to power in India were guilty of non-performing their obligations towards the upliftment of the major portion of Indians who are living in perpetual poverty and yet not a single party introduced a system for its Ministers, MLA’s and MP’s and other personnel to lead a simple life by deleting all the luxuries they are entitled as per their official status.
I think now is the right time for the BJP to instruct all its personnel to surrender their luxurious mode of living by living in a simple and modest house instead of living in a high profile locality with a high profile Bunglow, a simple indigenous Indian vehicle and not an expensive foreign or foreign brand Limousine, to reduce the number of domestic servants and also the security personnel. In one word they must all agree to lead a simple life by giving a genuine impression that the ruling class is seen to identify with the commoners in India.
It is not only the Congress but almost all the political parties made their organizations like Sheikhdoms where family members are automatically promoted irrespective whether the persons concerned are capable or not, irrespective whether they are public life savvy or not. In this way the Congress bought in its fold some of the stupid relatives of seniors by doling them the election tickets. And once they get elected on the strength of the party, these kids turn into emperors in their infancy only. How silly it is to give the election tickets to these kids without their contribution for the promotion of the party? See how Vishwajit Rane created a dent for him in the local politics with the clandestine backing of his father just as his father Prataphsingh Rane was given an opportunity on silver platter to contest the election on MGP ticket when his contribution for the development of MGP or for the upliftment of the common people in his locality or constituency was abysmal? Narvenkar mde mockery of the Goan politics when he took undue advantage of his MLAahip and Ministership because he got this opportunity just like Prataphsingh Rane and many such Ranes without doing much work. Now let us see what Jr. Hindu Christao from Mapusa will do.
The craze for Ministerial position is very strong in Congressmen, they have one traditional feeling in them that they are meant to rule India just as British did in India in a Monarchical manner, not openly as British but as coward Indians in a clandestine manner. During the last episode following the election result not a single senior Congress leader was ready to surrender his right to lead the party in the Assembly and because of this bickering among them to come to the settlement of one common consensus, they failed to submit their list in time and meantime BJP who by committing the biggest hara-kiri in the history of Parliamentary democracy, like a prostitute offered itself the right to forn the government. Thus Congress lost the very good opportunity to form its government when the sincere voters of Congress gave them a very good majority. This majority the voters gave to Congress not because any of the stupid oldies who are useless and dead wood in the party, neither the voters gave them this solid majority because any of the former Chief Ministers, in fact they are all idiots and because they are idiots they brought disgrace not only on Congress Party but in fact on entire Goa. Today the secular image of Goa is deeply affected because political power of Goa is gone into the hands of a highly communal party that is not interested in doing anything except Hindu anise India. I feel pity for them for thinking to convert India into a Hindu State just like most of the Theocratic Islamic States, it is not only thinking but even they cant dream to enforce this system in India. India is a very vast country where the overwhelming majority of Indian Hindus are broad minded and secular, some of them are more secular than the secular themselves, it is these Hindus who are great Indians who will never allow BJP nor any other party in India to turn India into a Theocratic State. Besides, India is housing millions of Indians having diverse ideologies and thoughts. It is very difficult for BJP and Modi and Ahmit Shah to shake them. That they got this time majority is a fact but this majority is not to convert India into a Theocratic State.
A.Veronica Fernandes.