Goa government under the leadership of Congress regime made Goans come on streets on two occasions: once during Regional Plan issue and second during SEZ issue. What is more surprising is that till date government has not come out with white paper as to who is actually responsible for these irregularities? Most Goans say that there appears to be two reasons for this. One, Congress MLAs fell pray to kick bags knowing fully well what wrong they are doing OR Second, forgetting their actual responsibilities for which they are elected by Goans, Congress MLAs played a roll of YES men to auctioning Goa. Goans just cannot imagine how Congress party whom we were electing in good faith for past 15 plus years to rule our mother land never did like this! What made them sell/auction our Goa this time is a million dollar question.
Earlier when they took over from MGP they were all the time accusing / pointing figures to MGP as if the mess was created by MGP. Now days the very same congress party is pointing figures at BJP in all their misdeeds. During MGP time they could not blame any party for they were the first party to rule Goa after independence, while when BJP came to power BJP did point figures to Congress Party. Such pointing figures attitude appears to be political game only to mesmerize general public! Some Goans even say for past four years the corruption level of Congress MLAs, after taking over from BJP, has incredibly exceeded the sum total of corruption they did over past so many years. One feels sorry at the state of affairs of Congress Party rule in Goa. Ever since they came back to power dethroning BJP they proved general public their "money grid" mentality and "I care a straw" attitudes towards the feelings and sentiments of people. But when they saw entire Goa burning with agitation they scrapped Regional Plan and now SEZs that too taking credit saying - we did this because Goans don't want it - we are party with difference. But again these are all assumptions and presumptions of individuals which have no standing. What Goans need to know is the actual truth involved in both these issues. It's a known fact that Regional Plan and SEZs had to be scrapped because of massive agitations by Goans. But till date who are actually responsible for creating mess is still not clear nor government bothered to disclose it to general public nor took any action against any MLA or government officials. What is more surprising is that the persons who were affected by scrapping Regional Plan are now seen raising their heads when SEZ dust is just settling down. The only agenda of these persons is creating mess out of everything for personal gains. Therefore we should not only be vigilant against such persons but we will have to cut them to their root levels only than Goa might see better days ahead. Certainly others in the net will have their own views on both the issues but in any case we Goans must press government to initiate CBI inquiries on both the issues to fix the actual culprits - no matter whether it's BJP person(s) or Congress person(s). Government must not expect Goans to come on roads every now and than! Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad