Comments by "Sankalp" (@sankalp6872) on "Who’ll be ‘man of the match’ in UP? West-to-east polls has clear answer" video.

  1. The answer lies in our history. Congress didn't win elections on the plank of development through its uninterrupted reign till the 90s. Only post-liberalization did the DEVELOPMENT actually start but both Narsimharao and Vajpayee couldn't win their election despite "Vikas". At the state level too, leaders like Naidu and Buddhadeb Bhattacharya have lost elections despite amazing stats to boast while handout icons like YSR and Mamata seem to win consistently. We have a very "socialist" thinking society. That isn't a problem but the narrative that rich=bad is a major problem. People seem to prefer a society of more poor and less rich over more rich and less poor.
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  2. Dear DK Singh, UP is at least sticking to a known political script. Punjab is in a total frenzy. INC has discarded the term of Amarinder, Channi has more or less proclaimed himself as CM candidate, Siddhu's antics mirror Rahul Gandhi's warpath with MMS during the last days of UPA 2, and amidst all this Modi seems to be an issue in a state where BJP holds no stakes. Do you really think people will forget local issues over all this? It would be rank incompetence from AAP to not win Punjab like this and why are they not declaring a CM candidate?
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  3. Yes. Amazing politics. Essentially all the same candidates are in the fray but on different party symbols. Even your title could be "The great game of Musical chairs in Goa".
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  4. @Manpreet Singh Yup so rich that even the wealth held by Maharashtra's top politicians would make Mukesh Ambani, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates look like beggars.
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  5.  @deepakkumarsingh5876  If you wish to make a video on Goa politics kindly look into 3 factors: Caste, Church, and Calculus.
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  6.  @deepakkumarsingh5876  Apologizes for the uninvited advice but just a few pointers because Shekhar in his CTC made Goa politics sound too fickle as though it is an unstable state (It has the highest per capita income in India). Goa has many castes but the largest are the Bhandaris who are about 30% (OBCs. They are kind of Goa's version of Kshatriyas). However, there has been only 1 CM from this caste - Ravi Naik and he never got to complete his term. He is now with BJP after many terms with Congress. AAP has promised the CM position to a Bhandari but Bhandaris never vote as a group. It is not uncommon for multiple Bhandari candidates to contest against each other. The most powerful caste are the Saraswats (Fish-eating Brahmins) who make up about 3% of the population but dominate the state's political and bureaucratic affairs. Vijay, Parrikar, Digambar Kamat are all from this caste (also Rajdeep and Vijay Mallya). Not many in Goa are fond of their dominance but caste fissures have rarely gone out of hand because almost everyone in Goa is economically well to do (Even the SCs) and there are no social frictions. Nowadays even intermarriages within castes have become common (even in the case of arranged marriages. Although, not so much among upper castes). Caste is an important factor because for the first time Saraswats have been marginalized and the community does not even have any ministerial position. This has caused resentment among them but other castes are smiling over their downfall but whether it will help the current CM Pramod Sawant to consolidate OBC vote is a big question mark. By calculus, I meant the narrow victory margins in Goa. Hence, all the opinions polls are unreliable. However, these opinion polls are more or less right about the vote share. BJP is likely to get at least half of Goa's 66% Hindu votes but BJP got only 13 seats last time despite 33% vote share which was higher than the Congress's 28% who got 17 seats. Hence, it's a wide-open game in Goa because BJP needs Hindu+ votes i.e at least a section of Catholics or winnable Catholic candidates on its side.
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