Dedications

I have seen politicians on TV and few in close proximity and they reeked a foul rotten stinking odor of corruption. It was worse than the odor of a sewer we experience in some pockets of Mumbai. Their stinking odor is also brazenly displayed with their display of wealth of the cars they move in and the sudden surge of their financial levels and material possession. Then is their shamelessness to declare that they will make our lives better?

Whose lives are getting better is an open book. Every rule.of the book is abused and these politicians get away with it. To the extent we have the present govt. even planning to ammend the book of the Constitution of India, to make it a religious majority governed country. The state of religious governed countries in the world is another open tattered book.

When Congress was voted out of power in 2014, India was euphoric with the hope of a better India, termed as Acche Din (good days) and that turned out to be only a din. A similar slogan was raised by Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2004 'Shining India' and that led to their darkness in the political arena. So too this Acche Din would be the bin for the Modi govt. If they unfortunately come back to power it would Acche Din for them, their families and their cronie capitalist friends. How safe is an India with major industries including utilities like electricity and telecommunications and tomorrow maybe water controlled by few individuals?

Being politically neutral and agnostic, I attended a political public meeting of an election campaign which was campaigning for Mrs. Varsha Gaikwad. What struck me with amazement was her humility. Then her story of rising from poverty to the education levels she acquired and that too with flying colors and using her acumen of knowledge in education to drive political decisions in the field of education. She did not make tall promises of 15 lakhs in every citizen's Bank account or hope of a Acche Din. What came across was the conviction of her wanting to be a Acche Insaan first and then a Acche Neta. Meaning a good human being first and then a good politician.

Mudslinging is what is now happening where news channels that conduct debates, show mannerless and shameless politicians or political spokespersons trying to prove how bad is the stink of corruption of the opposing party. So it is proving how bad the other is and not able to prove how good they are? I don't want to promote a party, but yes would like to confirm my vote for Mrs. Vasha Gaikwad, who party symbol is a palm of the hand. I don't know if I would have the palm of the party who I can reach out for help if they win this election, but I definitely am convinced that I have the palm of Mrs. Varsha Gaikwad who I could reach out too, irrespective she wins or not. As either ways I know I have her voice that will speak for me and her palm that will always hold me. Confident that many in North East Central, especially Bandra, Khar, Santacruz would reach out their palms in support for Mrs. Varsha Gaikwad to strengthen her palm to work for us.

Thank you Cornel Gonsalves and your team, the family who gave their premises free to have the meeting and political associates who ensured a beautiful evening yesterday. An evening of  creating awareness and to make Bandra the Queen of the suburbs once gain. Today Bandra stands in tatters of dug up roads, bad footpaths, Catholic graveyards wanting to be taken in the name of infrastructure development. However Bandra will be graceful and benevolent to give this govt. a decent burial this elections.

# posted by Sunny Fernandes @ 7:07 PM