On 19th May the voters of Panaji Assembly Constituency which includes our very neglected Ribandar will elect their new MLA to fill the vacancy created by that death of Manohar Parrikar on 17th March.
In Panaji some of the BJP sycophants were chanting the name of Manohar Parrikar’s son Utpal. This was strongly resisted as Panaji is not intellectually bankrupt. There was no need to make the so inexperienced and reluctant Utpal accountable for the colossal neglect that Panaji city has suffered over the last two and half decades while his late father was MLA.
No Panaji resident would have accepted Utpal or anybody else being handed the poisoned chalice of continuing the corrupt, negligent, discredited, humiliating legacy of Manohar Parrikar, a failed CM and MLA of Panaji for over two decades.
I have taken a concerted decision to vote on 19th May for Subhash Velingkar whose symbol is a Blackboard and whom I have personally known for over four decades. Subhash Velingkar may well be the candidate that will wipe the slate clean of a neglected past.
We may have had wide ideological differences, but nobody can ever dispute that Subhash Velingkar’s honesty in public life and his invaluable contribution to Goa’s educational and social arena. In addition to honesty and integrity, Panaji desperately needs a seismic push to emerge from the paralysis of more than over two and a half decades of lack of leadership and governance.
The stagnation in Panaji is all too evident and is a product of political neglect and a dereliction of duty towards the city and the residents by its then MLA Manohar Parrikar, who put himself and the party before everything else.
Subhash Velingkar is very well versed with Panjim and over the next just over two and a half years he could contribute immensely to uplift our dwindling city. He would be that breath of fresh air who is armed with a vision to sweep away the discredited past and to rescue a sinking Panaji.
Make your vote count by voting for Subhash Velingkar, a candidate of integrity, educated and intellectual ability, a breath of freshness and competence and who will respond to the needs of the electorate and deliver on what is best for Panjim and Goa.
