Ruling party exploiting vulnerable votebank

ALWYN FERNANDES, Benaulim | 08th August, 07:56 pm

I am writing to express concerns over the tactics employed by the ruling party in leveraging "freebies" to win over the votebank of vulnerable populations. At the state level, representatives of the party are targeting populations who have encroached on government and comunidade lands. Additionally, they are focusing on mundkars (tenants) who are unwilling to negotiate with bhatkars (landlords) while living on and exploiting their land. Meanwhile, at the national level, the opposition is actively working to expose alleged fraud in voter population manipulation. Previous exposes include the electoral bond scam, which revealed an "arm-twisting" extortion method for donations. There have also been cases where the same voter cast votes in multiple elections across the nation. Such voters often fall into the migrant population category, making them particularly vulnerable to votebank politics. I believe these developments warrant serious discussion and scrutiny to ensure the integrity of the electoral process and to protect vulnerable populations from being exploited through populist tactics.




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