Dr Oscar Rebelo
It has been amusing how we the hollow, morally bankrupt and politically compromised Goans, have hyper-ventilated with righteous indignation at the new vaudeville show in town.
Orchestrated by the referee in Delhi, it’s like the entire Brazilian squad switched loyalties midway in the match, crossed over to the German side leaving Reggie the goalkeeper scratching his head, the old guard on the bench not knowing what hit them and poor Girish, the head coach, putting his hand on chest muttering: All izz well!!!
Shameful?? Predictable?? A pig-sty?? Use all the adjectives you want, but the one question every punch drunk Goan must answer sincerely, honestly & without prevarication is this: WHY ARE YOU ANGRY??
There are three possible scenarios :
1. The DEMISE (well deserved I say) of the Congress!
If this is the reason you are livid, it’s no good because the Congress candidates have repeatedly betrayed your trust and most importantly its own ideology for well over four decades now and like pigs going back to their soak pit, you have gone back to them hoping for a miracle, some bloody miracle.
2019 was an opportunity. There is one and only one genuine ideologue in the Congress. Girish Chodankar. This war-horse has been sent into all losing battles but never given a safe seat, so that he could have some power to steer the Congress ship.
What did it cost the Congress intelligentsia of South Goa to push for this boy in South Goa (parliamentary) in 2019? But no, one had to settle for a christao... oscillating, vacillating, often silent even if debonair, but a christao it had to be.
How else can we defend secularism right?? Otherwise!!
2 .THE DEMISE OF THE PARRIKAR BJP.
This is the second group, up in arms, since their beloved, holy and pure BJP is now polluted by these new upstarts and entrants. This same toxic relationships with “Congress” scum was never angrily challenged in the Parrikar era.
So is this about cleaning the BJP or more about losing power? Once you make the first compromise to seize power you then must make countless more to remain in power.
3. THE DEMISE OF
DEMOCRACY
I frankly belong to this group. This madness flies in the face of any civilised democracy and if Goa has to extricate itself from the morass, it must address this. Save democracy not the Congress show jumpers or the BJP tricksters.
So do you want a solution? Ok here goes. It’s a bitter pill and you can pillory me for it.
There must be a three-way alliance that must come together NOW with a clear focus on Goa’s governance, our environmental crisis and our fiscal doom.
That three way alliance to fight polls on the ground must consist of:
(A) AAP: Led by hard-boiled ideologues like Valmiki, Elvis et al, who will not compromise on Goa at any cost.
(B) Congress: Led and powered by Girish and team. All old wood to be put out to pasture - a marg darshan mandal if you will - and Girish must ensure no compromise with the carpet baggers.
(C) GSM: Surprised? This party is the key. You can disagree with Prof. Velingkar on the useless medieval battles he fights needlessly, but you cannot doubt his intentions
for Goa’s future, his integrity and his passion for a
good fight.
For this to happen sclerosed and ossified Christaos, Muslims and Hindus will have to get out of their stupid religious corners, learn to trust one another, sort out differences in a civilised manner and work towards our urgent Goan goals for the future, that of preservation of our land, tackling this monumental corruption and urgently address our air, water and food issues.
Ready for it Goa? I doubt it completely.
Come election time, you will let all your fears get the better of you, go back to your familiar caste, language and religious corners and back the same corrupted Congress charlatans in different avataars or the BJP with yet another promise of NEW Goa or something.
History will rightly record us thus: Here existed a pathetic people who committed hara kiri while singing irrelevant mandos and dulpods and who always stupidly thought they were God’s greatest gift to India - indeed the world.
