At the Velsao RVNL protest, I appreciate that there were some Congress leaders with the people but it was really disappointing to note that none of the top Congress leadership/MLAs including Yuri Alemao, Girish Chodankar, Carlos Ferreira, Altone D'Costa were present at the protest site. I request these specific Congress leaders to shed their egos and personal/political ambitions (at least temporarily), and focus on the interests of Goa and Goans. Hope they realise that if any of them have to become Chief Minister, they first have to get into power; and the way they are preparing for the coming elections, I and many Goans are not confident of the same. I also need to remind the Congress party that many of us trusted the party in 2022 to follow a proper way to defeat the BJP but watched with great disappointment how the leadership including AICC observers made highly controversial decisions, major errors which resulted in the BJP coming back to power. Also another reminder to the Congress leadership that Capt Viriato Fernandes won the South Goa LS seat because of combined opposition effort.
ARWIN MESQUITA, Colva
