Political fiction

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.