Nobody knows for sure the purpose of the weekend sojourn of the five Congress MLAs to Chennai who have attributed their jaunt to relaxation post the gruelling assembly session. This precedent was set by the rebel Shiv Sena legislators of Maharashtra who made trips to Gujarat, Himachel and Goa before taking the crucial vote of confidence. One wonders who foots the airline fares and five star hotel stays of the errant MLAs when the state exchequer is in dire straits. What is rather surprising is that the Congress working president Yuri Alemao and Aldona MLA Carlos Alvares Ferreira, who were very vocal in taking up the contentious linear issues in the assembly session and who drew accolades from the niz goenkar, were part of the Chennai junket. Something is brewing in the melting pot of disgruntled elected representatives. There is a general awareness campaign run in the social and print media to awaken people to agitate and protest in large numbers at the residences of the errant MLAs who may turn betrayers of the people's mandate.
