I do not believe that Girish Chodankar got any votes due to any of his proven abilities....
Those were mostly anti-Parrikar votes...How many people from Panjim know Girish Chodankar??... He was more like a sacrificial lamb, as no frontline Congressman wanted to oppose Parrikar.... Even a guy like Babush Monserrate, with all his money power, lost in Panjim to Sidharth Kuncalienkar. Naguesh Bhatcar ________________________________ From: Goanet <[email protected]> on behalf of Eugene Correia <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 5:19 PM To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goan Voters To call Parrikar a 'joker" is like hitting him below the belt. In politics, winning is everything. How one wins can be debatable and can be said to be wrongly done or not. Just like the BJP pulled the rug from under the feet of the Congress. It formed a coalition with Goa Forward. This is the age of coalition politics. In Canada too when a party less the required votes to have absolutely majority, it goes for support by the other parties such as New Democratic Party (NDP), Bloc or, as it happened be its main rival party, Conservatives. Parrikar is shrewd, perhaps one can go to the extreme and say he's cunning. He knows to make deals, as can be seen how he got Goa Forward on board by offering ministerships to those elected on GF party. If Parrikar had lost in Panaji, it would be a miracle. No doubt, Girish gave him a good fight and we should congratulate him for that. If Parrikar has failed Panaji, as some have pointed out, I wouldn't expect him to win. Maybe, Panaji has BJP supporters. See Rane, who had won on Congress ticket and now on BJP ticket. Personal equations matter. Eugene
