Apropos the news item titled “Priyanka woos women with poll promises, assures 30% jobs” (The Goan Everyday December 11, 2021), it appears that she is not aware of the ground reality. Priyanka - oblivious to what Goa Congress is plagued with “ went about interacting with potential voters as if everything were hunky-dory in the rank and file of her grand old party. She made a pre-poll promise just like the leaders from rival camps. Should the voters of Goa take her pre-poll promise with the seriousness it deserves?
Priyanka does not know what Goa wants. She picks up random headlines from the Goan dailies and tailor-makes her speech around these. Are we “ the people of Goa “ fools that we cannot see through her pre-poll gimmicks and grandstanding without takers except die-hard family loyalists? Who will own responsibility if Goa Congress loses the elections? Where does the buck stop? Is there any method to this madness? Voters must teach parties that take them for granted an appropriate lesson through the power of the ballot box.
