Minority votes
The politicians are on record, stating that the church in Goa betrayed the
congress by asking the congregation subtly, how to cast their vote wisely
and against corruption. It does not stand to reason, as to how, in spite of
the so called diktat, many congressmen still made to the finishing line.
The Congress have all this time and over the years have been taking
the minorities for granted, as their most secured vote bank, It appears
from some outbursts, that the minorities are mortgaged to the Congress
Party for all time to come, One may ask as to how the Congress has
furthered the interest of minorities in any particular ,distinct way, to be
eternally indebted to them The BJP at all India level and even in Goa have
shown enough evidence of their bias,hatred, against the minorities The
strategy of the Congress has been to paint the BJP as communal party to
sway the voters , by infusing this virus of communal ism, against their
secular credentials For the first time in the history of Goan politics, the
so called communal party has secured the elections of eight minority
candidates, and independents supported by the BJP, albeit with the tacit
support of the minorities The scam and corruption at all levels including
the UPAII, had definite effect on the outcome It is therefore a vote
against, arrogance, nepotism and family Raj in Goan politics Hence the BJP
has benefited by the negative vote and which has surpassed happily their
own expectations and calculations
The attendance at the funeral of Mathany a BJP candidate by the presence
of the highest Ecclesiastical authority needs a serious thought, Besides a
galaxy of ministers of the faith seemed to support the hypothesis of
slant against the secular credentials of the church The extraordinary
presence of the religious at the funeral of a catholic, an elected BJP
candidate is baffling Just being a Minister, who died unexpectedly received
an overwhelming response?
There is nothing wrong, if in future the Govt gives a level playing field
to all citizens, without branding them with the religious tag and
discriminating on this factor alone.After all the citzens` comprise of all
faiths, irrespective of their party affiliations and leanings, The faithful
to day are capable of making independent decisions, even against
suggestions made by their religious heads It is doubtful and wishful
thinking that the faithful are controlled by the Church in their political
decisions
Nelson Lopes Chinchinim
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