On May 30 was Goa’s Statehood Day but there was nothing to celebrate about. Goans now realise the trap they got into by craving for Statehood. An illusion gone awfully sour.
With statehood, the common man has lost but only the politicians have become crorepatis.
As a Union Territory, we were ably managed with 28 MLAs and a cabinet of just four. Today Goa is totally mismanaged with 40 MLAs and a jumbo cabinet of 12.
The performance of the current BJP Government would have to be rated at a big zero, given that Goans were promised the moon with zero tolerance to corruption and good governance.
In 2012 the BJP had promised a ‘Parivartan’ and ‘Acche Din’, but Goa has sadly by the day just been getting further corroded beyond recognition. It should have been the endeavour of those in power to at least salvage and safeguard what remains of Goa.
Unfortunately Goa is getting defaced at an electrifying speed. Posterity will never forgive our leaders for their selfish role in this further irreparable damage and destruction of what was once a beautiful Goa.
