Audacious Congress Twenty new faces to get tickets for the Congress at the next elections, looks like there are going to be a lot of disgruntled faces and hurt egos around in the Congress citadel. As for the new faces, I doubt any Goans apart from the aspiring candidates, are thrilled at the audacious proclamation of the chief of Congress in Goa. Would it not be new wine in old wineskins ? Or on second thoughts, could the new faces be of the kith and kin of the old corrupt faces prevailing within the Congress ? I do not think anyone will believe that the new faces will be able to change the fetidity in the Congress as long as the masters of corruption are still part and parcel of the Congress in Goa but on the contrary the new ones too will be entrapped in the quagmire in no time.
Congress has certainly lost all credibility to govern Goa, with all that has been unfolding along the entire length and breadth of Goa for the past four years. Congress in Goa has epitomized corruption, arrogance and stagnant governance. Under it's rule crime and prices of essentials have skyrocketed, unemployment has escalated to newer heights, security of the land and its people is pathetic, police brutality and custodial deaths frequent, Communidade lands gobbled up, constructive development elusive, infrastructure in taters and credible and performing Congressmen near extinct, if not extinct already. So what more can the Congress administration that is squalid and suborned offer Goans ? Most of the Congress luminaries are allegedly involved in all the scams that have erupted, that too more frequently than the "Kilauea Volcano" in Hawaii, and the latest eruption has really rocked the Congress bastion in Goa in recent days, by the revelation that it's most celebrated and veteran leaders and allies have been linked to illegal mining, where thousands of crores have been siphoned from the public treasury, through illegal mining, unpaid royalty and illegal export of unaccounted ore. Now there is absolutely no doubt as to why our CM has been holding on to the mining portfolio for more than a decade, as though his life depended on it. With the mining Pandora box now open, the opposition BJP leader has been singing like a canary about the Congress's involvement in illegal mining, falling short to explain what steps he had taken to stop the same when he was the CM of Goa, all this while he never spoke against illegal mining, as he too had been supporting the degradation of our environment and our ecology through rampant and illegal mining, he even went to the extent of calling the anti mining activist a "Naxalite" for fighting against mining atrocities and for the welfare of the mines affected people. The BJP leader has now proved that he is an opportunist and that the BJP and the Congress are the two sides of the same coin in Goan politics and his latest tirade against mining and his reversal attitude today is only a ploy to seek power and annex the now elusive throne of the Goa Legislative Assembly. At the moment all and sundry inside and outside the Congress are power hungry and have already started to garner support to have their own power modules for bargaining power, they may finally fight under the Congress symbol but surely not for the Congress but for themselves. The Congress power bastion in the south is now facing a tough competition from up north, for the all sought after bargaining baton as the "king maker". It is certainly not all done and over with as there is absolutely no guarantee as to who will finally be victorious and who will be the king, as both, the Congress and the BJP fancy themselves, even though the stench of corruption, pseudo secularism, communalism, gutless and opportunist opposition has had Goans running for cover and the mining fiasco has left Goans disgusted with both the national parties and I am sure that with all the heat that is generated by the adverse publicity against the Congress, the leader of the Congress in Goa, himself may not be sure of a ticket, leave alone the audacity of promising twenty new faces and there is also every possibility that the Congress in Goa could disintegrate even before the elections with all and sundry attempting to make Goan politics their family business. It's indeed a pity that Goa does not have a strong third front but would like to pray to all like minded, honest and dedicated Goans to come together to save Goa from this damnation and I only hope that Goans will finally give a fitting answer to both the Congress and the BJP for their callous, despotic mindset and for all their colossal acts of commission and omission. If we want a change in Goa, we ourselves should change first and get rid of our present selfish, corrupt, pompous and audacious politicians, if not, even God will not be able to help Goa. Is that what we want ? Freddy Agnelo Fernandes ##################################################################################### The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. #####################################################################################
