Agree with FN. Motive of keeping Govt intact may be one possibility. There are
three more:
Earstwhile politicos preferred Benami deals, which have now become very risky.
Deals in own name risk raids by IT/ED. But there are ways. When some big deal
is to be executed, seasoned businessmen doctor raids on themselves and come
clean. Then they execute the big deal. IT then finds difficult to raid a second
time within a short period. The top IT echelons do not approve the raid
questioning previous false alarm.
The third is elimination of candidates for CM post, post next election, which
may be preponed. Ravi is already nose deep into drug-police fiasco. Daya
effectively sidelined after his tirade against miners. Khashe is now old.
Churchill does not belong to major (70%) community. Though this should never be
criteria, the cong hi-command (based on the analysis by a confidante from Goa)
has been following for last 5 years, the norm that CM must be from majority and
the state President also from amongst majority most of the time. All the names
above are also not acceptable to miner-builder lobby, the real hi-command of
Cong-NCP combined. Only challenger with a rapport with the lobby is Vishu. He
may have 5 seats of his own in the next assembly.
While miners with mines predominantly in the south are firmly Digging, atleast
one with stronger presence in Sattari-Bicholim is secretely Vishing. The raid
could also be for harnessing straying miners.
Rajendra
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