Mr Shantaram L Naik Desai ex Lok Sabha MP and Goa
Pradesh Congress Committe President a native of
Cuncolim now resident of Margao was elected today
14/07/2005 as the Member of the Rajya Sabha for a six
year term.
With this the reign of ex Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MP
Mr Eduardo Faleiro will cease to be a Rajya Sabha MP
by July end.
The victory of the INC was expected following the
favourable numbers of the INC NCP MGP combine and the
diminishing strenght of the BJP to a mere 15 MLAs,
notwithstanding the uncertainity of Mr Mathany
Saldanha's vote.
In any case for Mr Saldanha the Speaker Mr Francisco
Sardinha's decision not to permit him to vote will
come as a blessing in disguise to Mr Saldanha for
after the formation of the present INC MGP NCP
government he Mr Saldanha the Cortalim MLA had decided
to be equidistant from both the BJP and the INC which
was unlike his earlier stand to side with the BJP.
Todays vote if cast in the open ballot would have put
Mr Saldanha in a piquant situation for if he had to
side with the INC combine he could have antagonised
the BJP and vice versa.
Though the ruling of the Speaker is devoid of merit
atleast prima facie such legal fictions are being
created ever since the Parrikar Government was struck
by a tsunami of another kind on 27th January, 2005.
What the people of Goa regret is that there is no
governance yet niether is the unfinished tasks on
development matters being pursued in right earnest,
the obvious result is the people of Goa suffer and Goa
lags behind other states as well.
With political stability yet to fall tight into the
groove -- yes the distribution of Chairmanship to
Corporations is underway now that the RS elections are
over.
In the meanwhile there is wide apprehension that the
reshuffle in the Union Cabinet expected any moment now
a Goan MP may be favoured for a cabinet berth, it is
not quite clear whether Mr Churchill Alemao will get a
berth but the prospects of Mr Shantaram L Naik getting
one appears a near certainity due to political reasons
given that the State will have to face elections in
another twenty two months
GODFREY J I GONSALVES
BORDA MARGAO GOA
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