Dr Anand wrote: It may help a lot if the other BJP / RSS / Hindutva supporters on this forum try to do the same. Vice versa , the staunch Congress / Catholic supporters on this forum would do well to climb into my skin and try to fathom why mild /moderate persons like me are so strongly in favour of a BJP government in Goa in spite ( and NOT because ) of their obvious Hindutva agenda and / or their well known links with hardcore pro-Hindu organisations.And I say persons rather than Hindu's because there are increasingly more Goan Catholics who are switching loyalties to the BJP ( for instance, in the June assembly elections , it was pretty evident from ward wise voting patterns that the Catholics saved Manohar Parrikar's bacon in Panaji )
Comment: 1.Dr Anand you have made a useful suggestion. I look forward to the response especially from BJP/RSS members/supporters on Goanet. 2.You have wrongly catergorised Catholics as Congress supporters. Most Catholics vote for Congress because there is no viable alternative.BJP is ruled out for obvious reasons. So also MGP because it stands for Marathi, merger with Maharashtra and also soft saffron. Witness the Dhavalikar brothers hobnobbing with the HJS. That leaves outfits like the UGDP and SGF which are discredited parties. 3. I still feel that Goa Su Raj Party should be given a second look because they stand for all the values and concerns that we have been talking on Goanet. They represent what we desire. In short a people's party whose time has come. No doubt they have fared poorly in the past. But if we look at history, there has been a precedence. In 1977 the Janata Party was newly formed but went on to win the polls and vanquish the mighty Congress only with people's support. They had no money power nor muscle power. Mog asundi Marshall Mendonza
