As a rule, I do not respond to internal politics of Goa or any other place. Since I am not a resident of the place and have no business opining on it.
However the following first paragraph caught my eye and my tickled logic. This is not a rebuttal or a thread that I want to start. But just a philosophical thought I would like to place on the net for Goans every where to ponder. Who rules Goa (or any other place) is not a political party or politicians who want to rule. In a democracy, who rules are the people who are elected by the residents. Hence Gonsalves' admonition should not be to the politicians and the parties but to the Goan electorate. If Goans re-elect floor-crosses, back-stabbers, corrupt and indicted politicians then they should expect more of the same, whichever the political party. Goa is a democracy. Let's not blame the politicians be they in Panaji or in Delhi. This is another example of a Goan crutch which Cornel alludes to. Regards, GL godfrey gonsalves: The Indian National Congress in Goa has still to come to grips with the ground reality if they are to rule the State in the near future. Having been out of power since October 2000 for well over 4 years and three months the veteran MLAs of the Party should have realised to maintain not a SEMBLANCE OF UNITY - either by show of hands or being photographed as brothers/sister in arms but by Unity wedded to the ideology of the oldest political party in India.
