Dr. Willy and Trinamool Congress
Dr. Willy, I must say, has always had a place in my heart. Hold on for a
moment there. As a politician? Hell, No!. We have fallen out with each
other on that count a long long time ago. But as a dear friend? Yes!. He
had operated on my late mother for uterine tumor and she lived to a ripe old
age of 89. He has also caesarian delivered my first born, a timely exercise
that saved both lives. Am I grateful? Of course I am.
And to respectfully heed to his invitation that we must talk, which I
actually did not want to do, I mean, get sour all over again, discussing
politics with a man who seems to have forgotten what politics is all about,
but reading and watching the exposure that he has been getting these last
few days with his vociferous denials that he has yet not accepted the
invitation by Trinamool Congress of Mamta Banerjee, I decided to take a
chance and see for myself what tricks the old fox had up his sleeves this
time when he has taken all the trouble to search for a Bengali partner. And
armed with a proposal, should he be in the listening mood, I did go visit
him this morning, informing him that I was on my way to his Saligao
residence.
A fifteen minutes one-to one talk went like this:-
[ There was a mutual friend with him but I preferred to talk one-to-one and
Dr. obliged]
FL: Doc. I am happy to see you getting heavy exposure by the press and the
electronic
media over your supposed joining with the 'TC' of Mamta Banerjee.
Dr: Welcome, tell me.
FL: I have a proposal for you, should you be in the listening mood.
Dr: Tell me.
Fl: You are well aware that the national parties have earned the dislike
of the people of GOA for having taken them for a jolly good ride engineering
manipulations and loot of the worst kind.
Dr: So?
FL: Here is your chance to make a come-back and to take GOA by the storm.
Dr. How?
FL: You lead 'TC' in Goa. But 'TC' must not get involved in the forthcoming
Assembly
elections. Leave that to the Regional Parties or a Regional Front.
Your 'Rajiv Congress' [RC] comes
into the picture as a regional party. RC + Gomant Lok Pokx, (GLP) +
Save Goa Front
(SGF) + Goa Su-Raj Party (GSRP) come together on a simple COMMON
MINIMUM PROGRAMME' to form
a viable Regional Front. Then invite UGDP, the newly revitalized
Mickky's GVP and if possible MGP to see where that goes.
Dr: And you want TC to just sit around and watch?
FL: No. TC, i.e. 'you' actively help to put the Regional Front together.
Dr. And what does TC get in return?
FL: Next Parliamentary Elections, TC represents Goa in the Rajya Sabha
(you) with two other distinguished Parliamentarian in the Lok Sabha, I mean
real
Parliamentarians and not Regional thugs. See what havoc these are
playing in the country's esteemed House of the People.
Dr. And you want me to wait until 2014? I could be dead before that.
FL: So you want to get to places before you die. Is it? That is why you
want to build-up a hay-stack with TC in a hurry? Look here doc, you have
slaughtered
your political image so bad that you don't exist any more in the
hearts of the Goan people. I do hope you are mature enough to know that. The
general
sentiments of the people of Goa are against you. Those who are with
you are those who are not allowed to do anything but praise you. In short
sycophants.
Dr. So, I must learn from you?
FL: No. You have passed the stage of learning. And you cannot teach for
nuts either.
Dr. Where is the money going to come from in your scheme of things.
FL: Doc, you are mixing things-up. Money et al comes into play after the
'intellectual exercise' of building Goa's worthwhile Regional Front to take
on the national
parties. Why do you put emphasis on money?
Dr: My driver does not have a government job. I sent him to Vishwajeet. He
promised heaven on earth. In the end he stretched his hand forward. There
are
hundreds of guys looking for government jobs that I know of. How are
you going to give them jobs? What about the garbage. Do you have a solution
for all
this??
FL: You are catching the tail, again. Look here doctor, Goa needs a change.
You could very well make this happen especially when the plate is hot. Just
tell me
you will mull over this option, talk to your honchos, whatever and I
shall go home.
Dr. No. Your option does not appeal to me. I don't have much time.
FL: So you are building the TC's hay-stack for you to sit on top. Are you?
Hope it does not burn your dreams along with you. I wish you all the very
best.
A long time ago I had walked out on him regarding 'Loud Music Noise
Pollution'
Today I walked out on him because I found that he was not only the 'empty
mind' but a hollow one at that, one which affords the other to see through
and through.
I do hope that Doctor Willy becomes the CM of Goa again, this time riding
high on Mamta Banerjee's shoulders before the inevitable happens. And I
shall be there, when that time comes, with sorrow in my heart and fistful of
mud in my hand to say 'here lies the man who could change the course for the
better that Goa has been steering for long. Only, he happened to be a
visionless navigator.
Cheers
floriano lobo
GSRP/GRA
www.goasu-raj.org
www.gragoa.com
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