Today news No wave in favour of any party in Goa
Arun Sinha, a former editor of Navhind Times, deciphers the trend in the poll-bound state
Feb,14,2022/ saturday 11:14 pm / (IST) posted By: Newsflixall.com
AI though all the four major claimants for
power in Goa - the Bharatiya Janata Party the Congress Goa Forward Party alliance, the Trinamool Congress Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party alliance and the Aam Aadmi Party--are tom-toming that they will get a majority there is no perceptible wave; at least not robust enough to sweep the stakeholders to power on their own strength.
The absence of a wave is not due to voter indifference but due to localization of choices.
The party is important, but in most cases the candidate is more important than the party. Not that there are candidates bigger than parties in this election. It is a lingering phenomenon which has only been deepening its roots over the years. The average constituency in the state is of 26,000 voters and much easier to manage for a crafty politician, than, say, a constituency of a bigger state. The candidate is accessible to his voters at all times.
He is the go-to man for any problem. Be it a medical emergency or a job or a licence or a sport kit or monetary as tance for a wedding or paying children's private school annual fees or fasttracking an application buried in a government office, he is there to help. This archetypal supremely deft politician is often corrupt. In tenure after tenure his wealth has grown several times. He uses a little of the huge money he makes to help his needy voters to retain their loyalty. He uses his access to power to help solve their problems or get a job and to get development projects executed in the constituency. That is why he changes parties.
