FN's breakdown of the ballot was indeed an eye-opener. In almost every case the
Catholic Goan was responsible for Congress' bloodbath today. (Don't waste your
time introspection Diggu dearest..it is very simple).
1) In Catholic dominated Congress strongholds, the Catholic voter split the
vote with an Independent
b) In undecided areas, BJP fielded Catholic candidates who broke the
stranglehold.
Which means effectively Goan politics in now driven entirely by independents
rather than a cohesive party ideology. 50 years after liberation when a clear
two-party system should have emerged with careful, responsible ideology on both
sides, Congress has managed to make Goan politics filthy to the extent that it
is now driven entirely by individual ideology with no cohesion in sight.
One thing is good news. You cannot irritate the Catholic voter and hope to
remain in power. And perhaps in the end, this is the real truimph for
secularism in Goa, that the minority can weild power in this dynamic if
slightly subversive way.
Best,
selma
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