MEE CHURCHILL (NOT WINSTON) BOLTOY by Dr. Oscar Rebello Saturday - Jul 30, 2011 Friends, Goans and Congressmen (and BJP men as well, because if push comes to shove, I may have to turn to you) Permit me to introduce myself. (As if you all still didn’t know). I am Goa’s premier STATE MAN. In many ways I’m responsible for the sorry state of affairs in our state of Goa today, but then that’s the price you pay for many of my sacrifices in political life.
I’ve sacrificed so much to serve you, my beloved people (or idiots depending on your perspective). I sacrificed my trawlers for you; I sacrificed my CM kodel in 15 days, in the PDF experiment (actually my only genuine sacrifice but then who notices); I sacrificed Konkani for English; I’ve sacrificed my friendship with Luizinho bab and my title to GOD FATHER; I’ve sacrificed the Save Goa Front at the altar of greed and avarice; I’ve sacrificed the punch-drunk and ideologically retarded Congress party in Goa a number of times; I’ve sacrificed the secret and hush – hush support of Goa’s biggest brains; Dr.Willy’s and Manohar’s slush backing; I’ve sacrificed my family to serving Goa; I’ve sacrificed Goa’s bridges and roads to shady, seedy contractors; The list goes on. With so much sacrificing they now should crown me the undisputed QURBANI KING of Goa. And what do I get for all my sacrifices? Betrayal! Dhoka!! A dagger in my back! Churchill deserves better! And now it’s time to show a fist to all the squealing pigs. I’m going to show that Vijay the Sardesai! I’m going to show that upstart Pratima Coutinho! I’m going to show that Digambar Kamat! I’m going to show the High Command! I’m going to show that Low Command! I’m going to show those Youth Congress brats! I’m even going to show that Mickey Pacheco ( but not too much, since secretly I’m a little scared of him ). With me around dear Goans, it’s always SHOWTIME in Goa. The theatre of the absurd! The vaudeville act of high histrionics and abject stupidity! And what I love the most is that all you idiots oops friends keep buying into the act! Again Again and Again. So I don’t just resign to my fate. I just resign from this railway platform called the Congress and like Arnold Schawerzenegger always claim that “I’LL BE BACK”! So then the question arises? What is the secret of my success ? How do I and my family survive all these monkey antics and keep getting re elected again and again by thumping majorities. Money may play a small role but the key reason I and those of my ilk like Babush and Mickey and the rest succeed is because both the principal parties in Goa, the bankrupt Congress and the opportunistic BJP need us desperately to navigate the ruthless corridors of power. We are simply indispensable knights on the chess board of Goan politics. The Congress despite an ideological doctrine most palatable to Goans – one of pluralism, secularism and tolerance is so stuffed up and dependent on rank mercenaries that the bigger your blackmailing power, the lower the Congress will bend. So if a party that refuses to stand by its own core beliefs succumbs to blackmail, almost on a daily basis, what else do I do but become the biggest black mailer of them all?? You think that Diggu Baba has remained CM so long because of his leadership qualities: Balderdash!!. He has remained CM only because he has so beautifully handled blackmail, elevating it to a fine art. ( that this could cost him his Margao seat is another matter altogether ) And about the BJP the less said the better. Its ideology of division revisionism and hatred is so repulsive and repugnant to Goans that even polite frogs have stopped croaking. So they keep throwing us the necessary life lines, every time the going gets tough for them. And there’s no one quite like Manohar Parrikar who can defend the indefensible with a straight face and arithmetic accuracy. Therefore, my loyal Goans, until a party evolves in Goa, which has the ideology of the Congress, is backed whole heartedly by the moral oracles (a.k.a. activists ) and has the discipline, commitment and genuine service qualities of the BJP cadre, we will always be kings and family No.1. And since that party is a Disney like fantastical dream which will never come true, your goose is well and truly cooked. (this type of an experiment has been forged by Mamta in West Bengal. The ideology of the Congress, the backing of activists and the sort of discipline of BJP cadres. And see how Mamta romped home). For now read my lips! Churchill is Goa and Goa is Churchill and all you fellows out there better get used to our kind of democracy which will take the whole of Goa to hell but at least my scarifies won’t have gone in vain. Thank you, God bless and Viva Goem. P.S. Also now forget Galgibaga and Talpona and Sinquetim, I’m off to build another bridge to connect with Digambar Baba. I have to sink that Vijay fellow this time at any cost!!!.