After the Goa Assembly polls, whilst we were waiting for that counting day, the Congress Party was publicly bragging that it would elect its Chief Ministerial candidate within minutes of declaration of results and stake claim to form a government. But since March 10th after ending up with only 11 MLAs, the party was struggling for three long weeks to decide who the Leader of the Opposition would be. A real travesty, isn’t it?
It was expected that due to his seniority, experience and political maturity, Digambar Kamat would have been the instant, obvious and unanimous choice. But the expected infighting erupted due to which it left the choice to the High Command with Digambar Kamat now being waylaid and losing the race. Did the Congress leaders sitting in Delhi take a right decision or will it be a repeat of Navjot Singh Sidhu in Goa, only time will tell?
Goa Chief Minister having been imposed by Delhi and Leader of Opposition also been decided the same way, does this not expose the low intelligence quotient of Goans and our political pettiness?
It is high time the Congress gets its house in order and conducts itself as a mass movement for public good. The party has to work in a disciplined way and unitedly with a sense of selfless commitment to the people in combating the suffering and horror the common man is enduring under the BJP misrule which has been also destroying the secular and democratic fabric of our great nation. The country has been on a downward slide on all fronts.
