With my head down in shame as a Goan, I strongly condemn the hara-kiri the shameless 10 Goan Congressmen committed by defecting to the BJP thereby creating political chaos in Goa. Just as at the Centre so too in Goa the weakness of Congress leadership was exposed. It is so many days now that this disaster took place and yet the Congress Party is still silent without going attacking. Those Congressmen who are refusing to come forward at this critical time and shoulder the responsibility to face the current calamity, are cowards. They should not escape now from doing damage control process to strengthen the party.
Congress never had base in Goa and the present Congress Party came to power only by chance without people’s mandate when Dr. Willy & Co. converted Cong. Urs into the current Cong. I. There is not a single Congressman now having fighting capacity to regain the loss suffered but they are ready to occupy the CM’s Chair. It is hard to digest that every setback the Congress Party accept like slave. They lost their fighting spirit and if this is so, they must voluntarily resign gracefully so that their places are filled by the new fresh faces.
In the first defection in Goa in early seventies when 5 UG MLA’s defected to MG, under his leadership and as an opposition leader, Dr. Jack Sequeira without wasting a minute held 5 public meetings in the 5 constituencies of those 5 defectors and tore them into pieces by disgracing them publicly thru his hard hitting oratory. The effect of these meetings was such that none of them got re-elected in the next election. Similarly, the public opinion should be raised against all the defectors now only.
Is Congress Party ready for this ? I doubt. In view of this, are we the Congress voters ready to do anything to protect this Party?
Meantime, where is Vijay Sardesai and his other top Judases gone now? Must be hiding from public galore. It is a good lesson for them to learn because it is said “GHATH APLEAK SONTOS PELEAK”. “KELEM TUKAM ANI ZALEM MHAKA”. “KORTA TEA MAPAN BHOGTA”. Atam khayat Patoyo.
A.Veronica Fernandes.