PANJIM: Goa’s political twists have always inspired political singers of the Konkani stage to compose songs and entertain and enlighten the tiatr audience.
The recent incident of 10 Congressmen defecting from the opposition party and making an entry into the ruling BJP-led government has, without doubt, caused the electorate lose its trust in their elected MLAs. It has also resulted in disgruntlement and hatred in the elected representatives.
Picking up this golden opportunity of criticising the MLAs, who defected without the people’s mandate, Francis de Tuem put his thinking cap and composed a special political song titled ‘Dha Ghakti Hat’ (Ten Betrayed Hands). He renders this song with gusto in his ongoing tiatr ‘Serkar 420’. He has alleged that the entry in the ruling party is out of sheer greed for power and money.
Francis de Tuem focuses more on the anti-defection law which needs to be strengthened by all means. If that law is made more stringent, then he foresees no more betrayals from the elected representatives and the greed for power and money will automatically vanish in the air, he sings.
“Those politicians who had switched sides earlier are already experiencing the burden of their sins through various illnesses and many have been hospitalised,” Tuem sings. He also predicts that the same will be the fate of these 10 defected MLAs, whereby they will be forced to go to the United States and seek treatment for their grievous ailments.
In his song which has been receiving admirations all over the State, the political singer also speaks about the Chief Minister, Pramod Sawant, who earlier was deadly against the newly elected Panjim MLA Atanasio (Babush) Monserrate and alleged that he has several crimes up his sleeve. “In that case, how could the CM embrace the same criminal-tainted candidate and rope him into his party?” he wonders.
In Mariano Fernandes monsoon tiatr ‘CM’, a running mention is made about the 10 Congressmen who have shifted sides and the possibility and fear that anything is possible in the political arena today. How greed for power and ministerial posts can prompt the ministers to even abandon the demised CM’s body at his residence has been well portrayed in the drama.
Corruption is to the core among the ministers and revamping of the political system is the need of the hour, is the message conveyed in the ongoing seasonal tiatr ‘CM’. The director with his strong message tries to awaken the audience by seeking an explanation whether those in power or the electorate are ready to accept this radical change.
In the third audio CD ‘MLAs for Sale’, the political female singer, Olga Vaz, focuses on the fate of today’s greedy politicians. Through her melodious voice she reveals that politics is a dirty game as she compares them to the erstwhile leaders, who carried out social work far better than the present lot.
In the title song of the CD, Vaz brings to the fore the gimmicks by some self-centred politicians and how some MLAs switched sides soon after getting elected. “Of late the Congress’ hand symbol has become very weak,” she sings, adding sarcastically that “it is gradually losing its fingers.”
Vaz, through her song, focuses on those the few ruling ministers who once praised the ruling BJP, and are now shown the door. Left with no other option, they are shedding tears, she sings. She also takes note of BJP purchasing two MGP bulls and warns that Amit Shah may even grab the two plucked coconuts from the Goa Forward party.
