Unkept pledges
The very first pledge Congress made was a transparent and responsive administration, which Digambar Kamat-led government failed to deliver.
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The manifesto also promised to protect the natural beauty and heritage of
SURAJ NANDREKAR
PANJIM: The adage “Promises are meant to be broken” sounds so familiar when one glances at Congress manifestos over the years.
The Congress has ruled the state more than any other party – totaling nearly three decades.
Over the years, the party has made ample promises and strangely not kept them.
Herald takes a look at the Congress manifesto of 2007 Assembly elections and discovers that not even 10 per cent of the promises made, were honoured.
The very first pledge Congress made was a transparent and responsive administration, which Digambar Kamat-led government failed to deliver.
The manifesto also promised to protect the natural beauty and heritage of
The only promise the government has kept was that “Mining is one of the pillars of Goan economy and will receive all support.”
Also, it had promised efforts to increase the existing forest cover while in reality it has worked in the reverse direction.
Congress had promised drinking water to households round the clock, which remains a distant dream for Goans.
The party had promised to fight corruption through Lokayukta bill whose jurisdiction extends to all ministers including Chief Minister but five years later the draft is stuck at the bureaucratic level.
Knowing very well that
It had also assured bridges at Terekhol, Talpona, Galgibag, Chodan, Cavelossim, Assolna, Divar, Mandovi, Madkai, Neura, Rachol and Shiroda besides six-lane highway corridor from North to South and East to West. It also promised that all major district roads were to be ‘four-laned’ and taluka roads would be ‘two-laned’.
The party had promised to create at least 50,000 jobs in the following 5 years in private and government sector but except for 5000 jobs in government sector, it failed to create job opportunities in private sector.
On the garbage and waste front, the Congress had promised suitable technology and sites for solid waste disposal, sewerage system with C-Deck technology for each taluka headquarters and small towns but this never happened.
The Congress clearly believes in promises only, not implementation.
In the last five years one opines, the Congress politicians have been so busy holding on to their chairs that they did not have any time to even have a look at the manifesto.
