GOA IN THE DOLDRUMS Stephen Dias, Dona Paula
The hastily cobbled up coalition of convenience is bound to be in a deep crisis of policy making. Imagine, with less than 1/3rds (13/40) the number of seats, the BJP stole the legitimate right of the Congress with 17 seats, by aligning with two parties, the Goa Forward Party (GFP) and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), both of which fought against the BJP at the hustings. The electorate of the six seats representing the GFP and MGP will feel cheated because the parties they voted for reneged on their ideologies and supported the BJP with whom they had major conflicts of interest. The BJP thus does not have the moral right to be governing Goa and this government is not a true representation of the wishes of the people. In a democracy, the mandate of the people is paramount and this coalition is a convenience of controversies that is not what the electorate voted for. Sent from my Samsung device
