Election 2012 Blogs

Scam-scarred Goa gears up for polls

by Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 16 : 59

From between the mountainous heaps of illegally mined ore and humungous moral craters of political corruption, a nervous Goa peers out in worry as March 3 approaches. A chief minister (Digambar Kamat) and several cabinet ministers have been linked to a multi-crore illegal mining scam. A home minister and his son (Ravi Naik and his son Roy) have been accused of links to the drug mafia by a foreigner in court. An education minister (Atanasio Monserrate) has been accused of leading a mob attack on a police station.

Given the three facts above, optimism in matters of governance and political probity are issues which Goa and Goans have forgotten some years back. Without a doubt, the ruling Congress-led coalition government is trapped in a quagmire of corruption, scandal and non performance. And a relatively newfound genetically surcharged trend for nepotism in its ranks


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Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa start voting for the Assembly elections beginning at the end of January and going on till March 3. While any election is crucial in a democratic state, Elections 2012 become especially significant because of UP, India's most populated - and politically the most significant - state. It is at the battleground UP that the much anticipated and awaited fight between the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and BSP supremo and incumbent CM Mayawati will happen, probably resulting in one of the most exciting turnarounds ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in 2014. To keep a close watch at the developments in UP as well as the other four states going to polls, IBNLive.com has invited some of the best political analysts and reporters on the ground to share their opinion, forecasts and insights. Elections 2012 Blog is your definitive space for all you need to know on the forthcoming Battle for the States.
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