Dears, It appears to be rather obvious that Vinay not only does not know party politics and polemics in Goa, but that he is also weak in English. One should not use words one does not understand. It impresses no one. I hold no brief for Digamber. Digamber was a great guy for the BJP and was Manohar-bab's No.2 man [and Digu did get him into that, too!] till 28 January 2005. He is still cosy with the RSS but the rest of the BJP can take a walk ....or fall at his feet and prosper as plenty of former manohar-bab acolytes have already done. Moti Dongor voted for Digu when he was in the BJP ...otherwise check the poll statistics for 2002 mid-term elections, after the first dose of benevolent BJP without the VCD or IFFI or underground power cables in Margao. That the Congress has ruled over India for 50 years says something for its staying power. Why did the shine go out of the BJP in just one term of 5 years? What happened to Ram Janmabhoomi when the BJP was in power? Who conceived the Ram-Sethu channel? If anyone has to take the rap on the knuckles, it is the BJP: it has betrayed its constituency!! Only Narendra Modi has dared to be different ...and won the support of his constituency. He may not be the type of man I would vote for but, to his constituency, he has delivered on his promises. L.K. Advani lacks the guts to deliver on the Ayodhya temple now as he did earlier. In Pakistan he also praised Jinnah. What else he may not do?ay even become a gospel singer if Obama is the President of USA!! BTW on whose votes did Manohar-bab win in Panaji? Not catholic votes by any chance?? On whose votes did Rajendra Arlekar, Babush D'Souza, Prakash Phadte and some other BJP guys win? Are their constituencies not migrant dominated when it comes to votes polled? What laws were put in place by the two successive Manohar-bab led Governments to keep the migrants out of Goa, voters lists, employment or casual labour in Goa? Four and half years is a long time. To which contractors were tyhe IFFI projects given? Goan? Catholic? Bhandari? or "So Nos e nossa familia" ?? [Just us and our family] There is a dichotomy between the Church taught morality and the ground reality: during the BJP regime disproportionate number of Hindus were appointed by favour. During the Congress regime disproportionate number of Hindus were appointed by cash. This is the reality. No proof can be provided of the transactions, only the statistics are available. Manohar-bab has quoted them to show he has not really altered the ratio of employment according to religion. Or let somebody show me that even 25% of the officers, cadre wise, in any Government Department are catholics. 26.5 % of Goans are catholic. In the Senior Class I Gazetted posts, it is even difficult to find Bhandari and Maratha officers. Educational performance of Goans do not show such caste and religious differences, why do Government departments do ....even under the Congress? Corruption and communalism are two sides of the coin that connects you .. through the coin box ... to a government job! The BJP shows the head while the Congress shows the tail of the coin. It is the same coin. The other side does not cease becuase you are not currently seeing it. Digamber Kamat and Babu Azgaokar have been in the BJP coin box cabinet; Babush D'Souza has been in ALL types of Congress ...INC, GC, GRC, GPC, etc. They have turned the coin over .... for NOW! ;-) Mog asundi. Miguel Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:02:44 -0500 From: "J. Colaco < jc>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Is Congress Party Secular ?
, On 16/02/2008, Vinay Natekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 1: Congress is the biggest fascist and communal party 2: It has ruled for over 50 years of post independence out of 60 years by keeping people uneducated and illiterate 3: In Goa Congress has succeeded in imbibing a permanent imprint on mindset of catholic population that BJP is a communal and Hindu's party. 4: Thus even knowing that Congress party is filled with corrupt, tainted and scandalous politicians, they stand by them and elect them repeatedly. 5: Congress is much responsible for influx of migrants in Goa by legalizing their slum settlements with electricity connections, providing them with ration and voter cards to improve their vote tally which has disturbed the demographic scenario in the state. jc's comments: re 1: I wonder if Mr. Natekar looked up the meaning of the word 'fascist' - a term which goes hand in hand with 'ultra-nationalist' parties. re 2: This is a blatant lie. IF there is one thing good the Congress did - it was to make education and opportunities available to the masses of the poor of India. re 3: I am not sure that one can imbibe something on another. I always thought that the word "imbibe" denoted self. Having said that I invite Mr. Natekar to expand on that thought. re 4: This is the opportunity for Mr. Natekar to name the corrupt, tainted and scandalous politicians that Goans elect repeatedly and with whom the BJP has NOT made convenient political alliances. For balance, he may wish to name other corrupt, tainted and scandalous politicians with whom the BJP has made alliances. re 5: The slum dwellers in Dongor apparently voted for Digambar Kamat when he contested on a BJP ticket. How does the Congress get the credit for this? ....and there was a plan for Cuncolim! Nuff said for now jc --------------------------------- Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now