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----- Original Message -----
From: "goasuraj"
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] GMAS & Why Goa Su-Raj Party is part of GMAS
>> I find that you have not addressed the apprehension
>> that many people have about GMAS -- that it is a BJP-backed and
>> controlled campaign
>
> Dear VG,
>
> Sad to say but Goa has been consistently unfortunate in that, either for
> right or for wrong reasons, Goa has suffered. To quote the famous Goan
> saying at this juncture is most appropriate "UNDRAK LAGON GHARAK USO." [The
> HOUSE gets burnt-down just to get rid of the RAT]
>
> For your kind info, GMAS was 'all inclusive'. i.e. NGOs, Citizens Groups,
> individual Citizens as well as political parties. Goa Su-Raj consented to be
> part of GMAS on that basis. Also, for your kind info, BJP is the seating
> opposition party. Do you think that Goa Su-Raj didn't know GMAS was
> controlled by the BJP?
> Goa Su-Raj is politically aware what is going on. But it does not sit out
> just because the others get a bigger lollipop. With Goa Su-Raj in, BJP
> cannot have its way, NEVER. That much moral standing is with Goa Su-Raj and
> the people of Goa must acknowledge this.
>
> At one point before the declaration of elections 2007, Goa Su-Raj has made
> an open statement QUOTE "If necessary, Goa Su-Raj will allign itself with
> the BJP if every single candidate of the Congress is to be defeated."
> UNQUOTE . There is some meaning in this statement. According to Sua Su-raj,
> Congress is neigher COMMUNAL nor CORRUPT. It is worst of BOTH. Those
> people who are now in the Congress were in the BJP or have been the BJP
> supporters and cheerleaders. Think about it.
>
> The Congress is afloat today thanks to the massive softening of the hard
> moral realities and obligations to the people of Goa by the CHURCH at large.
> You cannot deny this fact. Do you think, in this case, the Church has any
> right to preach morality??? If it can claim to have that right then it must
> put its house in order and cut the hypocrisy.
>
> As for me, both the BJP/MGP combine which cannot change its colour and the
> Congress/NCP marriage of convenience must be struck off the register and a
> newer alternative based on 100 per cent written down program for GOA must
> be supported if Goa has to be weaned away from these maha-corruptors.
> Hopefully, the powerful Church in Goa along with the people who want only
> the good of Goa will come to their senses before it is too late, .
> INSHAHALLAH.
>
> floriano
> goasuraj
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vidyadhar Gadgil"
> To: "Goanet mails"
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [Goanet] GMAS & Why Goa Su-Raj Party is part of GMAS
>
>
>>> Subject: Re: [Goanet] GMAS [Goa's Movement Against SEZ] & Why
>>> Goa Su-Raj Party is part of GMAS.
>>>
>>> When the call was given by Matanhy Saldanha for a concerted
>>> opposition to the setting-up of 18 SEZs in Goa, Goa Su-Raj
>>> Party did not have to think twice about being part of this
>>> opposition.
>>
>> Floriano, while agreeing with you on the need to oppose SEZs tooth
>> and nail, I find that you have not addressed the apprehension
>> that many people have about GMAS -- that it is a BJP-backed and
>> controlled campaign. That would be fine in itself, if not for the
>> fact that when it comes to actual action, the BJP is the same as
>> the Congress when it comes to SEZs or any other form of
>> 'development'. Ample evidence for this comes from the BJP's own
>> track record when in power (both in Goa and at the centre), and
>> the fact that the Assembly sessions end up as love feasts between
>> the government and the opposition when it comes to such issues,
>> with much noise but no meaningful action. Verily, all 40 bandits
>> in the assembly are the same.
>>
>> While Matanhy's credibility is high, it appears that the BJP is
>> only using him and the GMAS as one more strategy towards its real
>> objective -- to unseat the current government and get into power
>> itself. Once this is achieved, the BJP will abandon its anti-SEZ
>> plank, and bye-bye GMAS.
>>
>> --
>> Question everything -- Karl Marx
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