[Gulf Goans] A Very Happy Natal Day to Churchill Braz Alemao

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Goa-World.Com Team wishes the newly elected MP of South Goa,
Mr. Churchill Braz Alemao, a very happy Natal Day.
 
We look forward to seeing you uplifted to the rank of 'sports minister'
to continue your path to glory !
 
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Churchill Braz Alemao in 1996 (courtesy: www.rediff.com) 
 
A decade ago, the name and the image it conjured was unsavoury. Today, he is the hero of the people, the political saviour of Goa. 
His love for football is legendary. His football teams - Churchill Brothers and Varca Sports Club - are among the toughest teams in the country. He takes an equal interest in dhirio,Goa's traditional bullfights. His generosity ensures that no one leaves his home in Varca empty-handed and he is believed to be have more concern for the needy than many Goa politicians. 
And yet it is said his name figures prominently in the federal home ministry's list of unsavoury characters. His brother Alvernaz was killed by a customs officer some years ago, allegedly while carrying smuggled gold, on the day his friends and relatives were preparing to attend his youngest brother Kennedy's wedding. 
In 1990, within 75 days of entering the state assembly, Alemao toppled Pratapsingh Rane's Congress government, formed a coalition with the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party and became Goa's first Catholic chief minister. 
In the 1994 assembly election, his United Goans Democratic Party won only three seats, but built a following among lower caste Catholics, traditionally a Congress vote bank. 
Two years later, despite being detained along with his brother in a gold smuggling case, he was elected to Parliament from South Goa, defeating former federal minister Eduardo Faleiro who had represented the constituency for almost twenty years. 
Goa may be known for communal harmony. But politics in the beach state is clearly divided on religious lines. Churchill Alemao is perhaps the first Catholic leader who has successfully made a breakthrough in Hindu areas. 
(Rediff.com)
 
Goa-World.Com Team adds:
Catholic leaders, in the recent years, have upstaged several leaders from other religious background in India.  Recent exmple being the ex-BJP/NDA A.B. Vajpayee, who has been backstaged into the opposition seat together with Advani and our good 'George Fernandes'.  Earlier George Fernandes rose to the rank of Defence Minister.  Today, we see Oscar Fernandes in the top position within the Congress, as in the past few years.   Now do we see another Catholic rising to the pedestal of the Prime Minister, with Goa's own, Churchill Alemao counted among the Central Ministers?
 
Here's wishing you, Churchill, the very best on your Natal Day.
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