panaji rajani subanna timed her return from the united states to perfectioni could not afford to miss my right to vote said subanna who arrived in goa last month completed a twoweek quarantine did her covid19 tests and ensured she was there to vote at the state assembly polls on mondayevery government promises so many things which they dont fulfil for the uneducated politicians provide rs 5000 some even more and people fall for that we dont want to see this kind of government and if we want to change its all in our hands she saidjust like subanna who travels to the united states and spends time with her daughter several others who are based out of the state ensured that they were in goa to vote for candidates of their choicetake fr lui heredia for example the parish priest at st josephs church in pune has been out of goa since the eighties but for the last few elections has made sure he makes the trip home to vote for the candidates of his choicewe say that goa needs to be saved and its all in our hands now if we dont exercise our vote now we dont have the right to talk about it later we keep blaming but we are the ones electing the representatives thats why i said i need to be true to myself before criticising and i need to do what i am supposed to do then i have a right to talk as a priest i should be credible enough to preach to others said heredia who had also made the long trip home for the 2017 assembly electionssalome fernandes has been unfailingly travelling from pune where she practices as a lawyer to goa whenever elections are held this is our duty i have never missed any election said fernandes who travelled to goa on sunday evening and packed her bags for pune on monday morning we have the right to choose our representatives if we choose the wrong one we cannot blame anyone its up to the citizens to make the correct choice so that everything runs smoothlyvineeth viswambharan has been employed with an agro export company in delhi for the last five years but has never taken his right to vote for grantedevery eligible citizen should vote unless you vote how will you bring about a change if you dont vote you dont have the right to criticise the government i am glad that corporates have always supported employees in their quest to vote but sadly there are many who use the holiday for other purposes said viswambharan