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Oh my God I cant believe a christian saying such things about his own community brethren. So it wont be surprising to see many emails in this topic pointing out in your name as communal, or how many $ have been deposited in you bank account by BJP (or communal party) etc etc. I really cant understand the mentality of some Goans(mostly catholics and some hindus) who never think Goa as their motherland or birthplace but are mostly inclined towards portuguese regime or culture and thats what reflects in their words when they say BJP as communal even without having strong backing or proofs to say so or any anti-minority or communal incident which took place during BJP's tenure. Goans today know whats wrong and what needs to be changed to get back Goa to right track, but they wont do so because they dont wont peace and harmony to stay in Goa and so they will simply shout in the name of communalism to keep away BJP off power which is the lone source which can enlighten Goa. Can anyone in this forum bring to my notice a single incident wherein a christian or muslim lost his life or got any sort of damage to his property during 2000 to 2004 when Parrikar was holding CM's chair? OR No such communal incident took place during Congress Government? If YES, then i will apologise it Else Plz be sincere enough not to use communal word for BJP or Parrikar henceforth. Some even cross their limits saying Portuguese ruled far better then BJP. Is it So? dint they demolished Hindu Temples? Dint they converted Hindus to Christianity FORCIBLY? Dint they harass our poor Goans that time? dint they killed many Goenkars without any reason just because they were against Portuguese Rule? Dis your so called SECULARISM came to SAVE those temples,?to save the lives of poor Hindus being killed or converted without any reason? Where were those people hiding their faces when these incidents were taking place who just shout now in the name of secularism? Plz think on these issues. This is not Political Forum nor Religious Debate Centre but the place where all our Goenkars brethren can unite ourselves to bring back good governance to power. J. Miranda wrote: Hey guys, excuse me for my poor Hinglish, my mother tongue is still Konkanim. I am having great time reading your emails specially the ones on elections. Everyone has the right to share his own views on a candidate or a party, however biased or honest he/she may be. In my opinion, most of the articles are biased, which you may disagree. What is not right is to discredit people because he/she may be supporting a candidate which you do not like or vice verse. It appears that there are lot of people in this forum who support Congress whose leaders are very corrupt. May be because this forum is mostly catholic. I agree there are lots of opportunities for the Catholics if Congress comes to power. They will have easy access to the ministers to bribe them to do their dirty work. Imagine if there was no Congress in the last 2 years. What would have happened? I hate to say it, but catholics need corrupt people in power to survive because corruption has become part of our culture. Save Goa Front led by Catholics was formed to serve as an alternative to Congress; many of its candidates are contesting elections for the first time. I would have imagined that Catholics would be happy to support this new party. But no, they want to vote for the corrupt. They will not even vote for the independents, some of whom are honest persons. Why vote for them when they will not do our dirty illegal work. It only confirms that corruption is now embedded in our DNA. It does not matter that Goa lands are sold to outsiders by the corrupt politicians in the form of Regional plan or SEZ, etc, as long as my wishes are fulfilled. Goa already has sizable portion of migrants that prompted former PM Deve Gowda's party (Janata Dal) to field 2 Kanadigas for the elections, and even went to the extent of demanding Kannada as a second language, though he later back tracked. But he has already poisoned the minds of the migrants. It is only a matter of time that Kannada will be a second language. It is also amazing to see that some people who supported GBA protest on Regional Plan 2011 are now supporting Congress. What happened? Very soon, Goans will be ruled by the migrants, thanks for the voters who led us there. J. Miranda ------------------------------------------------------- Goanet recommends, and is proud to be associated with, 'Domnic's Goa' - A nostalgic romp through a bygone era. This book is the perfect gift for any Goan, or anyone wanting to understand Goa. Distributed locally by Broadway, near Caculo Island, Panjim & internationally by OtherIndiaBookStore.Com. For trade enquiries contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------