Dears,
Successful strategy of the Congress in roping in the support of Vishwajeet Rane
and his father saved the day ...and an MLA ... for the party. Manohar Parrikar
has once again become a textbook character like "Gauri the dreamer".BJP
government in six months after BJP candidate wins in Pale? Bah! No point crying
over spilt milk now! A BJP-led Government is a distant dream.
Here is Delhi, the Congress candidates are celebrating victory even before the
counting has begun. Inspite of Mr. V.K.Malhotra, the BJP support base is near
non-existant. The Taj raid may garner it some sympathy ...or negative ...votes.
But that is not enough to win a seat for the assembly with far more than 18,000
votes.
The Goa Su Raj Party showed some wisdom in not fielding a candidate in the
mining area, and 'Naxalite' Seby showed sense in declining to be a candidate.
"Save Goa Front" made a political statement for the 'bleeding for Goa' when
convenient South Goa strongman and the suddenly "more honest than thou"
bureaucrat who resigned to turn in to a thus far unsuccessful politician
....but gained a meagre 158 votes. these are the numbers that have been GSRP's
daily bread.
Mog asundi
Miguel
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:41:22 -0800 (PST)
From: "Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] "Save Goa Front" candidate gets just 158 votes,
Pratap Gawas wins Pale assembly seat
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"Pale reposes trust in Congress"
NT NETWORK
Posted on 2008-11-30
PANJIM - The Congress party retained the Pale assembly seat when its nominee,
Mr Pratap Gawas, was declared elected by a margin of 1,534 votes. Mr Gawas
polled 7,867 votes from among 18,391 votes polled on Wednesday. He defeated his
nearest rival, Dr Pramod Sawant of the Bharatiya Janata Party who polled 6,333
votes.
Dr Suresh Amonkar who had quit the BJP on being denied ticket took away as many
as 3,682 votes. Of the other two contestants; Mr Rajendra Rane got 351 votes
while Mr Jose Lobo of Save Goa Front managed to get just 158 votes.
Addressing a press conference soon after the results were declared Mr Subhash
Shirodkar, the president of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee, said that the
victory of Mr Gawas was possible due to wholehearted support of the independent
MLA and the Health Minister, Mr Vishwajit Rane, and the Speaker, Mr Pratapsing
Rane.
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