Dear Sam,
You have the right spirit but it is water on duck's back.
If you remember, Seby (Sebastian Rodrigues) was named as Naxalite by the
LOO and you are aware of the recriminations thereafter. We took up the
cudgels as a political party whose member was being defamed and everything
subsided. At the presentation of ills of mining in Goa delivered by Seby at
Manvin's Panjim, we openly offered Seby the Party's ticket for Pale
bi-elections ( which Seby had agreed upon) provided the anti-mining
activists will support him. Eventually Seby declined as he was advised
against contesting by the very same activists' who will be voting for the
BJP and the Congress. Do you see the trend? Seby's contest would have
exposed these guys raw as they would have to campaign for Seby and thereby
lose a lot of election-time mulla. We have told Seby this, and also that
the Party's ticket is all his if he decides to just go ahead and agree to
file his nominations with or without his activist friends or their support.
We have aslo told Seby that the Party will under-write the election deposit
of Rs. 10000/- and that he need not campaign at all, that he should be happy
to take 'ZERO' votes because this will expose the nexus between the
mine-owners and the ring leader activists who make most money (not all
though) during elections.
The funny things is that according to Seby, they are advising him against
contesting for his own good, safety, and well being and most absurd of all,
that he is too young.
WE WANT TO SAVE GOA FROM THE COMFORTS OF OUR BEDROOMS, which does not
happen.
floriano
goasuraj
ww.goasu-raj.org
9890470896
----- Original Message -----
From: "Samir Kelekar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 1:06 PM
Subject: [Goanet] Activists just go in hiding when it comes to elections ?
It is important to have someone in Pale so that decent people dont have to
vote for parties that have rapists in them. For now, both Congress and
BJP seem to be harbouring alleged rapists' fathers.
But then the activists seem to go in hiding just when the elections are
around the corner.
Will the NRGs put their money where their mouth is and ensure that there
is money for the campaign, if there is a candidate ?
I am really not in the loop as to what the thinking is in the activist
circles and sitting here in Bangalore there is only
so much I can do. Other than that, I promise to come down for campaigning
for a few days.
regards,
Samir
