During the 2016 elections to the Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) Babush Monserrate floated the Panaji City Corporation Development Front panel and through a very glossy manifesto promised the moon to the residents of Panaji city which includes Ribandar. But the ground reality is that the capital city has only deteriorated further. To the people of Ribandar Babush Monserrate had made five promises -- building of a new market place, development of garden and walkway parallel to the existing causeway, completion of the football ground, building of the Hindu crematorium on priority and restoration of old structures and monuments. The five-year term of the current CCP will end in March next year and there has been nothing done on those five promises.
In that manifesto, Babush Monserrate had also assured people’s participation in the working of the CCP and that ward committees for development with professionals on board would be constituted. But that too has remained a promise on paper.
I know your problems, I have the solutions and I have the ability to deliver is what Babush Monserrate had told us. So when he comes to our doorstep for votes again, we need to confront him with his 2016 unfulfilled manifesto. Election promises cannot be like China-made goods, without a warranty or guarantee.
