From MGP bastion to BJP ruled state, where is Goa headed now?
From MGP bastion to BJP ruled state, where is Goa headed now? CAMIL PARKHE | Tuesday, 31 January 2017 AT 09:16 PM IST goo.gl/wn5zWN Goa , assembly polls , political scenario Goa is the only territory in the country where a referendum was conducted to decide its fate; to exit an an independent entity or to merge into the neighbouring Maharashtra as one of its districts. The referendum was held soon after the liberation of Goa, Daman and Diu from the foreign Portuguese rule in 1961. Besides the referendum, there are many some other characteristics and features which makes this smallest state in the country, a unique territory. During the first two decades after Goa’s liberation, the politics in the erstwhile Union Territory was dominated by the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) having support among mainly the Hindus and the United Goans Party which had strong base among the Catholics and the upper caste...