Candidate for Cuncolim In my student days, majority of those that i chanced to come across were mostly Cuncolimkars in high positions and influence. There is no denial of the fact that in the villages of Assolna, Chinchinim, Velim Cuncolim. The highly placed individuals from Cuncolim,were educated and financially well off ..It is my personal observation and not based on any statistical survey. In the freedom struggle too Cuncolim village was in the fore front and their contribution is worthy of mention.Then during Opinion poll. it was Sabhu Dessai with his joyti, unchallenged, entered the bastion of MGP strongholds and carried the message against merger deep inside their hinterland.Only Sabhu Dessai, from Cuncolim could have achieved this feat, fired with missionary zeal and not motivated by any selfish interests to his very end. His contribution is no way can be called insignificant and deserves all the credit Election to the Cuncolim Assembly became a bone of contention, on which the villagers could not see either horizontally or vertically.One wonders why they had to import an individual from the distance not even contiguous with the boundaries of the constituency and was also indistinct by any standards of objectivity. It is sad and pathetic that there is no villager among them worthy of their trust and confidence to represent them It is the division among them that has allowed a rank outsider to prosper and stamp the mark of indispensability on their psyche It is genuinely hoped that the villagers will put aside their petty squablings and see the rise of their own villager and redeem the pride and honour as per the traditions , sacrifices and contributions of their ancestors Nelson Lopes Chinchinim ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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