----- Original Message ----- From: "goasuraj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Goa's Pride" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet]Aires's Predictions or Predilections? & Re: (Goanet) Goa Su-Raj Party By: Eugene Correia
> Dear Eugene Correia & Goanetters in general. > > After almost 4 years in existence and after contesting 8 seats in 2002 > Assembly elections, a party like Goa Su-Raj Party who does not have huge > political or Industrial names to flog it, will be certainly hard pressed to > make a dent in Goa's political scene. > > The prerequites for a political party to flourish are: (1) Money (2) > Muscle (brawn) and (3) Knowledge (brains). The first two prerequites have > been struck off from the list from the inception as far as Goa Su-Raj Party > is concerned for obvious reasons. And the founders of this Party have > decided that this Political Party does not want to grow in a jiffy and end > up like most of the political players we have in Goa today. It has decided > to work with Knowledge. > > Eugene Correia must know that one has to be born first to grow up to be an > adult. And it is not possible to cut this time. And the adult that will grow > from this new born babe must be strong in body and mind for it to be of > dependable use for itself and to the society at large. > > I concede that not many people in Goa (masses) have heard of Goa Su-Raj > Party. And I concede that Goa Su-Raj Party is a internet Party. Not many > political parties in India or in Goa, for that matter can be termed as > internet parties. Because internet parties require knowledge to work with > knowledgeable people. > > Goa Su-Raj Party was first up and about to say that there should be an > alliance of secular parties in Goa to ground the BJP in the coming General > Parliamentary Electons. And to show our will, we shared the platform (in the > Congress House itself) with the Congress to give a joint Press Conference > against the Corrupt PDAs (Planning & Development Authority). We are on > record of holding personal talks with Mr. Luizinho Faleiro (C), Dr. Wilfred > D'Souza (NCP), Mr. Radarao Gracias (UGDP), Mr. Sirsat (JP), Mr. Raut, Mrs. > Shashikala Kakodkar & Dr. Jhalmi (MGP) on the need to sit on one table and > discuss matters relating to the formation of the Alliance. We had even agree > d to be the catalyst to arrange such a sitting as we have excellent > relations with all and their Office Bearers. But there was no worthy > response. What you have now is what you have, an alliance of Congress and > NCP only. The Goa Su-Raj Party has gladly accepted this alliance and our > message to the people of Goa is "Vote for Hand" in the South and "Vote for > the Clock" in the North. We have had the opportunity of fielding our very > own candidate in the North to help the alliance candidate to make it in a > big way, but that is another story which I shall not go into, at this > moment. Though the big time players have not asked us to actively > participate in the canvassing, we consider it our duty to canvass for it. > Our stand is against the RSS-BJP. And if at all any one can break it, it is > the alliance. For the ensuing Assembly elections, Goa Su-Raj Party will be > its own master. > > We have always held the opinion that Goa needs a solid regional Political > Party, grounded in principles, ethics and moral values who will always have > the blessings of the people of Goa and which will move with the people of > Goa, and not against them. And the prerequisite for such a Party would not > necessitate the requirement of the Muscle power. That money will be no > problem when the time is right. > > Having achieved our primary goal of making Goans in diaspora aware through > the internet that there is a viable alternative to Goan politics in "Goa > Su-Raj Party" we shall hitherto downplay our internet activities and > concentrate more on the Goan scene. > > We thank Eugene Correia whose below mentioned posts has warranted this > response, to Frederick Noronha of goanet, to Jose Colaco of the Goan forum, > to Agnelo Gomes of Goancauses, to Gaspar Almeida of Goa's > Pride/Goaworldtoday, to George Pinto, Gabriel Figueiredo, Ben Antao, > Gabriel Menezes, Mario Rodrigues, Samir Kelekar, Wilson Soares, Eddie D'Sa, > Basilio Magno, Santosh Helekar, Joe Vaz and many, many, many others who I > am not able to name off-hand at this moment, for the moral, ethical and > financial support extended to the Goa Su-Raj Party which is in name and > style the "Goa Good Governance Party" > > We shall, however, keep our website updated as far as is possible. > > For Goa Su-Raj Party > Floriano Lobo > President. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eugene Correia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 1:17 PM > Subject: [Goanet]goa suraj party > > > > When in Goa I hardly heard anyone speak of Goa Suraj > > party. Talking to some journalists, they said that > > this party only exists on the internet. > > I have read letters to the editor from Floriano Lobo > > and some others connected to this party and news item > > about some rallies and talks which the party has > > either held alone or with coordinating with other > > like-minded groups......................... > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eugene Correia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 10:07 PM > Subject: [Goanet]Aires's Predictions or Predilections? > > > > It's strange that a paper like Herald would encourage > > a biased as well as lopsided views from Aires > > Rodrigues in his piece, Poll Day Predictions, > > distributed over goanet as The Election Scenario. > > His predictions are no different from those of a > > common man. Sripad Naik maybe Aires's friend and > > fellow Ribandarite but his re-election is taken for > > granted as the grand old doctor, Wilfred de Souza, who > > Aires calls "grandfather of all political defections > > in Goa", is the dark horse in this predominantly Hindu > > constituency..................... > > > > ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################