Subhash Velingkar’s allegation that the Archbishop gave
the BJP five non-cadre candidates for the 2012 election is
a piece of pure political fiction. The BBSM leader is obviously
angry with the BJP for not honouring its pledge to stop
grants to all English primary schools run by the Diocesan Society
of Education, but to accuse the Archbishop of conniving
with the BJP to field candidates of its choice sound like a chapter
from a third rate novel. It is obvious that Velingkar does
not know how the church functions nor understands why it
chooses to guide its flock. The Archbishop made the church’s
stand quite clear at the civic reception but the BBSM leader
chose to insert entire chapters between the lines. Velingkar is
using convenient words to give communal colour to inclusive
governance. His accusations that the BJP’s policies are based
on the Archbishop’s advise is not only an affront to the Christian
community but also to the government which strived to
take all communities along. The difference between the BJP
and the BBSM is that the government protected the right of minorities
to education, whereas the BBSM believes is total subjugation
of the minority community to its ideology. It is obvious,
which party is democratic and which one is dictatorial.
And Goa needs democracy not a dictatorship.
