These Lok Sabha elections are extremely crucial. It is about our battle for safeguarding democracy and the country's secular fabric. The BJP which is so desperate to grab power is today manned by RSS fanatics. They do not stand for secularism and more importantly they do not care for democratic values. The BJP has even muzzled and manipulated most of the Press. Unless freedom of speech and tolerance to all communities prevails there cannot be justice and equality in any society.
Gujarat has been witnessing this stifling of freedom of expression and we have seen it being replicated in Goa over the last two years under the very arrogant and now power intoxicated Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. To keep the misdeeds of his government under wraps, Manohar Parrikar has done everything possible to frustrate the implementation of the Right to Information Act in the State. We are without a Lokayukta so that the rampant corruption and scams of this government continue galore. Manohar Parrikar has been misusing the official machinery to target those who raise their voice against the government. He has been able to silence some of his political opponents by threatening and blackmailing them with retribution. Officially we may have a 12 member cabinet but it is a one man rule by Manohar Parrikar with his Ministers and MLAs reduced to mere caged parrots. The recent move by the BJP to admit radicals including Pramod Mutalik of Ram Sene only to recall it later, is clearly an indication of what lurks behind the scenes and will show its ugly face after elections are over. This is only the tip of the iceberg. In Goa there is a massive wave of anger against Manohar Parrikar amongst all sections of the community. On 12th April by a silent vote people will speak out and give vent to their anger against the repressive and anti-people policies of this government. We need to tell our friends and neighbours that in North Goa our vote be for Ravi Naik and in the South the unanimous choice be Reginaldo Lourenco. By voting for the HAND we need to keep our country safe from that viper on the prowl Narendra Modi who needs to reveal the source of those thousands of crores he has spent over the last year in his dream to be Prime Minister. The people of India will not be fooled. India will win and NaMo's dream to be PM will remain a dream forever. Once India on May 16th is saved from Narendra Modi, the next mission is to free our Goa from Manohar Parrikar and his casinos, builders, drugs and corruption. -- Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
