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Dear Friends,
Greetings to each one of you!
In the course of the current discussions on the Freedom Fighters, I was quite
surprised to read that the credit of the victory of the
Opinion Poll of Goa is being given Dr. Jack de Sequeira alone. In this
connection, I would like to shed some light on the real
situation that prevailed during the historic Opinion Poll and who were the real
‘unsung heroes’ who deserve more credit than
anyone else. The untold story goes somewhat like this:
The Opinion Poll to maintain the status of Goa was fought by all the 12
Opposition Party M.L.A.s, who were elected to the
Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman & Diu, for the term
1963-68. Each of the 12 M.L.A.s named
below played a vital role in ensuring the victory of the Opinion Poll. They
are:
Dr. Jack de Sequeira, Panjim; Mr. J.L.J. Araujo, St. Cruz; Mr. J.M. D’Souza,
Calangute; Mr. Valente Sequeira, Aldona;
Mr. Teotonio Pereira, St. Andre; Dr. Luis Proto Barbosa, Cortalim; Smt. Urminda
Lima Leitao, Murmagao;
Dr. Marelio Furtado, Benaulim; Mr. Vasudev Salmarkar, Margao; Mr. Enio Pimenta,
Curtorim; Dr. Alvaro Loyola Furtado,
Navelim; Mr. Sebastiao Mazrello, Cuncolim.
Apart from the 12 United Goans (Sequeira & Furtado Groups) M.L.A.s of that
time, a large number of genuine Goan Leaders,
other than those associated with the Maharashtra Gomantak Party, Renowned
Tiatrists, Press Personnel, Industrialists,
Businessmen & Common men/women, joined forces to fight the historic Opinion
Poll, under the banner of Anti-Merger Front,
and worked tirelessly to ensure that the status of Goa remained intact, along
with Daman & Diu, as it’s integral parts.
In my honest opinion, it is very unfair and unjust to single out, Dr. Jack de
Sequeira, as the architect of the Opinion Poll and
attribute the victory to him. He has played the role just as every other Goan
has played. No doubt, he was one of the many
who deserved the credit for the historic landslide victory, but the fact
remains that the victory was, mainly due to the huge
differences in votes polled in the constituencies of South Goa. No single
leader could have ever saved Goa from merger,
had it not been for the over whelming support of the people of Goa. Let is be
clearly understood that it was purely a victory
of the PEOPLE of GOA and no one else needs to be given credit for the same. It
is the true GOANS who saved GOA!
Long Live Goa and Goans!!
With kind regards,
Rabindra Pimenta
Kuwait.
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