Dear Goan Friend, On 23rd April 2009 you will have the last opportunity of SAVING GOA. Your vote will elect a representative from SOUTH GOA constituency in the Lok Sabha. There are many parties that have put up candidates, plus there are few independents too. The major ones are:
1. The Congress party have renominated their sitting MP Francisco Sardinha. A man who in the last two year in the Lok Sabha has raised question like when the telephone directory will be released, attack on ex-governor Jamir (its a different matter that is was a fake attacked created by Jamir for publicity) and such irrelevant questions. A man who was not even allowed to sit on the dais when his party president Sonia Gandhi addressed a Cong. meeting in Margao few days back, while a non Goan like Hariprasad and non Cong man like Willy Dsouza were seated. A man who is more interested in spending the 2 crores that the MPs get annually on legalizing and building Bull Fighting stadiums, instead of spending the money on schools, roads, hospital, etc. A man whose party has allowed illegal mining inside forest sanctuary in Goa and sale of Goa in the form of SEZs. A man who once left the Cong to become the CM with support of the BJP. Symbol: Hand or 2. The BJP greenhorn Narendra Sawaikar, whose main supporter is the Butcher of Gujarat Narendra Modi, who was responsible for the death of thousands on innocent Gujaratis. Who when he visited Goa, at the meeting in Panjim the Gujaratis in Goa requested him to ask the ex-CM Manohar Parrikar to build a free Bhavan (Hall) for them at our cost. Today its a bhavan, tomorrow theyll demand free housing to be build with our hard earned money. Today its the Gujaratis, tomorrow it will be the Biharis, Rajastanis, UPwallas, MPwallas, etc. Whose party is responsible for the brutal attack on girls in a pub in Mangalore. Symbol: Lotus Website : http://www.narendrasawaikar.com or 3. The Peoples candidate Matanhy Saldanha of the UGDP. A man who has spent his life in protecting Goa. A man who led the traditional Fishermen (Raponkar) agitation, which forced the government to bring in a new law protecting the fishermen. A man you led an agitation when Zuari Agro Chemicals polluted the seas with chemicals that led the destruction and death on fishes in the Arabian sea. A man who has led countless agitations Realignment of Konkan Railway, Konkani language, Goa Statehood, anti-Meta Strip, anti-Regional Plan 2011, anti-SEZ and many many more. A man who when a minister never used the government car and moved in his own car. Symbol: Scissor Website: http://www.matanhysaldanha.com Blog: http://matanhysaldanha.blogspot.com Video: http://www.youtube.com/ms4ls The choice is yours dear Goan. When your grandchildren will ask you what you did on 23rd April 2009, what will your answer be: - I set at home with a chilled bottle of beer or a peg of feni and watched Goa go to the dogs OR I stood in line in the scorching summer heat to vote for Matanhy Saldanha. To vote for Scissor. To vote to SAVE GOA. To vote to PROTECT GOA from Monsters like SEZs CRZ & illegal Mining. Its time to wake up dear Goan, wake up before its to late, if you are below the age of 18 and cannot vote or you are outside Goa and cannot come to vote, you can surely help in influencing your parents, relatives, friends and neighbors to vote for Matanhy Saldanha. To vote for Scissor. Your small step will go in a long way in SAVING GOA. Jai GOA, Jai India. Friends of Goa. ps: please forward to all your Goan Friends.
