With the elections in Goa scheduled for May 7, the poll campaign for the two Lok Sabha elections in Goa is reaching feverish pitch. Several meetings and corner meetings are being held by the political parties in the fray. There are allegations and counter-allegations hurled by the main political parties and alliances. With a few more days left before the poll-date, political parties are making all-out efforts to woo the voters.
It must be said that when national leaders of a particular political party address the poll meetings in the state, it can have a huge psychological impact on the electorate and in the process be advantageous to the party. In this matter the BJP appears to be a step ahead of the INDI Alliance. It is learnt that Congress chief Malikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi are among the forty star campaigners who are likely to campaign in Goa. However, no tentative dates appear to have been finalized for their visit.
It is pertinent to note that several Goan MLAs and leaders from the ruling dispensation have been campaigning for the party candidates in other states. It would be in the fitness of things for the Goa Congress to invite political leaders from states being ruled by the party to campaign for their candidates for the two Lok Sabha seats in the state, since Goa has a large migrant population. Campaigning by the Karnataka political leaders in the state can have a huge impact on the Kannadiga population who have voting rights in Goa. The INDI Alliance needs to strategize their election propaganda in order to make it more effective.
