To Goanet - What is not stunning, however, is YOUR silence. We all know why.
r >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?
