Oppn parties face uphill task to win minority votes
The non-BJP parties — be it the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, Goa Forward Party or Revolutionary Goans Party — have a clear task cut out: how to win the confidence of the minorities and channelise their votes in the coming polls. For, apart from a host of issues plaguing the...
The Pramod Sawant government withdrew the Anti-Conversion Bill from the Assembly’s agenda after Cabinet clearance.
Anti-Conversion Bill: Who pushed it, and why?
Guess who is the chief architect of the anti-Conversion Bill that the Pramod Sawant Cabinet cleared for introduction in the just-concluded Goa Legislative Assembly session? Well, the controversial Bill never saw the light of day, but the mystery remains: Who was the chief architect of the anti-Conversion Bill? How did...
Oppn unity stalls as pre-poll positioning takes centre stage
Almost every non-BJP party has been calling for opposition unity to oust the BJP government. Yet, beneath the rhetoric of unity, each party appears busy positioning itself for the negotiations from a position of strength. Nowhere is this more evident than in the ongoing standoff between the Congress and its...
Anti-conversion Bill: BJP’s minority equation in focus
Pramodbab Sawant Cabinet’s move to table the anti-Conversion Bill in the ensuing Assembly election has thrown up a host of questions. As political observers were quick to dissect the real motive behind the Bill, questions were asked: how would the Christian MLAs within the BJP and outside grapple with the...
