On 6 July 2010 16:39, Rajan P. Parrikar <[email protected]> wrote: > Saving Salcette villages will make me lots of money personally and > bring BJP back into power, in Admin Noronha's mental world.
As our common friend Soter was pointing out recently, quite rightly in my view, the BJP's key to returning to power is Salcete, really! The block of eight seats, in the BJP worldview (which narrowly equates religion with political interest... and their campaigns make it a self-fulfilling prophecy), is what blocks them from getting a simple majority on their own. Urban Salcete (Margao, Fatorda) had a different demography. Unfortunately, since 1963 in Goa, demography has been entwined with politics, who can deny that? But with the growth of the Muslim population there and with Digu not presently being in the BJP camp, times are achanging. This explains the ire, in part. Notice the lack of concern about the real estate impact on, say, Ponda. The silence on mining in Bicholim and Sanguem among some quarters is stunning. Can't we appeal to religious leaders there too to take a stand, to start with? FN
