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Goanet joins Noel Rebello to raise money for Daddy's Home (Margao, Goa) Sponsor Noel as he climbs Mt. Kilimanjaro (5,882m or 19,298 ft) Make a donation at www.Goanet.org, click on MAKE A DONATION, state "Daddy's Home" in the Donation comments For more information see: http://bit.ly/SupportDaddysHome --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naguesh Bhatcar wrote: "....However, no other democracy has been dominated by one family, as much as India is..Indira Gandhi systematically destroyed her opponents within the Congress, through the 60s, 70s and 80s.She became very powerful after she had eased out the likes of Kamarak, Nigalingappa and others. That led to the imposition of emergency and autocratic rule in 1975. During her Prime Ministership, she dismissed and appointed Chief Ministers in all states at will. At the Centre, if any person was even perceived to be a threat to her, used to be either sent back to the state or appointed to secondary posts. I think such an attitude destroyed the upcoming cadre of Congressmen and led to nepotism. Those close to the Gandhis and sucking up to them went up in hierarchy and promising leaders were unceremoniously cast aside. After the 1975 emergency fiasco, Indira Gandhi was pretty much destroyed. The person who revived her was none other than Devraj Urs, who got her elected from Chickamaglur. However, she sensed that he was getting too strong and she completely finished him. He died a shattered person! Sonia Gandhi still follows the same loyalty path. I am sure given the choice, Congress in Goa would not want Digambar Kamat as the Chief Minister...He prays to the Gandhi God-Kings! It is indeed a sad state of affairs that the likes of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are the only face of the Congress Party". Now let me add few more lines: Today even children know that congress party is a party with difference: The party chants Sonia and Rahul to be savors of modern India. These days' party acts with opening scene that is vague about Indira Gandhi and amnesiac about Nehru. The party represents to be a party of the poor in daytime and of the rich at night. Recently, party's one hand has started coercing and displacing adivasis and other hand tries hard to garner their sympathy pretending to be their soldier and savior. For which, the party's politics has started revolving around calculated combination of 'Operation Green Hunt' and 'Operation Greenspeak'. Best regards, U. G. Barad