EVEN THE WORM TURNS!


Chief Ministers come and Chief Ministers go - Blink and you've missed one.

Very soon Goa's 13th Chief Minister in a decade will be completing his first month in office. One does not have to ask whether there is any fair play in Goan politics. This Saffron incumbent, Manohar Parrikar, should also have a brief trial period after having grabbed the Chair through the back door.

Some of the politicians and political parties have aspired for years to come to power; but the BJP game plan was very astute and foxy. They officially entered the Assembly in 1994, embracing the MGP as partners in love but when the Lion began to roar, they sought to romance Dr. Willy and Co., but soon ended up dumping the veteran doctor turned politician. After that one would have thought that no one would have trusted Parrikar and his cubs but in their lust for power, Goan politicians will chance anything and anyone. Sardinha fell into the self same baited trap that one of his predecessors succumbed to on a jaunt to London. This time Sardinha was in the land of Kangaroos when the trap closed and Parrikar grabbed the den.

Sardinha ought to have known better - he was too concerned with all the grease that came with high office, particularly the Lancer he so longed to cruise in. Now Parrikar has the Chair officially, but along with it - the company of some known corrupt Ministers within his jumbo cabinet - the same ones who were his arch enemies whilst they wore their Congress Hats.

In opposition, Mr Parrikar had always vehemently opposed a Jumbo Cabinet and had sworn the BJP would manage Goa with a six member Cabinet. Today CM Parrikar justifies his Jumbo cabinet due to "Political Compulsions!" This is the same excuse he has given for all his U-turns. Now with the pressure from his corrupt Ministers will Parrikar abandon his crusade against Corruption and say that it too was due to "Political Compulsions?"

Parrikar may spout out aloud but his hands are tied because he was too hasty in trying to occupy a Chair that neither he nor his party were ready for. Instead of waiting for a mandate from the people of Goa, the BJP and their Maestro chose to rule with the consent of those who whilst in power, were not backward in continuing the rape of Goa and of Goans. The BJP will now continue the legacy of political chaos of the last decade - but perhaps the time is nigh - for retribution. 

As they say, "even the worm turns!"