Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "கோவா கருத்துக் கணிப்பு" in Tamil language version.
All the political parties in Goa were anxious to have a fair election, for which the resignation of the Bandodkar ministry was demanded. ... It was feared that unless these people were not kept away from the territory or from the position of power, expression of free and fair opinion would not be possible.
The MGP won Goa's first elections to the Legislative Assembly. The Maharashtra lobby immediately went pro-active in Delhi, interpreting the mandate as a pro-merger vote and demanding that Goa be forthwith merged into Maharashtra.
Fortunately, we had leaders who convinced New Delhi that local Assembly results did not reflect the Goan mind on merger and that the issue be decided by a separate referendum. Leaders like Purshottam Kakodkar, who enjoyed a personal equation with the Nehru household, and the redoubtable Dr. Jack de Sequeira, who led an equally steely opposition in the Goa Assembly.
While Kakodkar lobbied hard and long with Nehru and other central leaders (and, in the process, almost lost his sanity),...
{{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)Some Goans, especially from the older generation hold that blind faith that they are, geographically and culturally, the part of Maharashtra and Marathi culture.
The controversy also had social overtones as most of the then feudal lords – known as bhatkars – were backing the UGP, though the party basically represented the minority Christian community of the state. On the contrary, Bandodkar's MGP was supported by most of the tenant class of Goan society, who wanted to seek second liberation by becoming owners of the tenanted land they were tilling for generations together
... Rashtramat news reports, editorials by Chandrakant Keni and especially Brahmastra – a column written by Adv Bhembre – turned the tables against pro-mergerists. Lots of educated people from Hindu bahujan samaj realised that their future lies in retaining Goa's separate identity and not by merging it into Maharashtra.
Overscoring the Flower, Two Leaves won the elections by 34,021 votes.
The tendency of many Marathi speakers to consider Konkani as a dialect rather than a language contributed further to the rift between the two speakers. Many Goan Hindus adopted Marathi for purposes of convenience as many left the state in search of jobs to Bombay.
Some Goans, especially from the older generation hold that blind faith that they are, geographically and culturally, the part of Maharashtra and Marathi culture.
The tendency of many Marathi speakers to consider Konkani as a dialect rather than a language contributed further to the rift between the two speakers. Many Goan Hindus adopted Marathi for purposes of convenience as many left the state in search of jobs to Bombay.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)The controversy also had social overtones as most of the then feudal lords – known as bhatkars – were backing the UGP, though the party basically represented the minority Christian community of the state. On the contrary, Bandodkar's MGP was supported by most of the tenant class of Goan society, who wanted to seek second liberation by becoming owners of the tenanted land they were tilling for generations together
The MGP won Goa's first elections to the Legislative Assembly. The Maharashtra lobby immediately went pro-active in Delhi, interpreting the mandate as a pro-merger vote and demanding that Goa be forthwith merged into Maharashtra.
Fortunately, we had leaders who convinced New Delhi that local Assembly results did not reflect the Goan mind on merger and that the issue be decided by a separate referendum. Leaders like Purshottam Kakodkar, who enjoyed a personal equation with the Nehru household, and the redoubtable Dr. Jack de Sequeira, who led an equally steely opposition in the Goa Assembly.
While Kakodkar lobbied hard and long with Nehru and other central leaders (and, in the process, almost lost his sanity),...
... Rashtramat news reports, editorials by Chandrakant Keni and especially Brahmastra – a column written by Adv Bhembre – turned the tables against pro-mergerists. Lots of educated people from Hindu bahujan samaj realised that their future lies in retaining Goa's separate identity and not by merging it into Maharashtra.
Overscoring the Flower, Two Leaves won the elections by 34,021 votes.