Agitated over treatment of local authorities towards local businesses and social activist from Arpora Ricardo D’Souza has demanded that the panchayats learn to deliver licences and documents at home to the common man and professional politicians are becoming a bane in the country.
Speaking to goemkarponn.com D’Souza, also a co-owner of popular business in Baga, said that the harassment of small businesses, especially Goans must not be allowed.
“I remember in1983, when my dad died, I slept on the floor of a public hospital as we could not afford any better as my dad was terminally ill. My neighbors who run shacks and hotels now also lived 7 to a room, cooked outdoors, also lost their parents early to disease and went to the toilet in those lingud (bushes). I used the bus to shop in Mapusa for fish and groceries and a lot of our taxi drivers from Nagoa helped me like brothers,” he remembered.
He further said that they were like zoo animals for all the tourists to come watch.
“We all worked hard and supported each other and got no help from the then government or policemen like Allan D’Sa and others who actively tried to shut us down,” he said.
He said Goa then was a paradise for some of the rich Bhatkars (not all, I must stress) and because some of them have lost their standing they want us to go back to the old days.
“I can promise you that we will never allow this to happen again- not for me and not for anyone else. Lives are at stake and greedy selfish people, who oppose this will be taught a lesson and their selfish attitudes exposed to the public,” he says.
Referring to present condition, D’Souza says Taxi drivers, local restaurants, small guest houses and shack owners are our people and deserve our backing.
“Panchayats need to learn to deliver licences home to locals as they certainly don’t ask Mr Tata or Hyatt owners to come collect their own licence,” he stated.
D’Souza further appealed to the people to ask ranch members to contest just one term only as professional politicians are the bane of this country.
