the speculation over where chief minister manohar parrikar is likely to contest frompanaji mapusa curchorem mayem calangutesays a lot about the bjps and parrikars level of confidence after the march 11 result stinger the derisive bravado at the april 9 amit shah felicitation is far from reflective of the anxiety in the bjp camp to find a safe seat for the chief minister vishwajit rane at least has no such problem theres no knowing of course that babush monserrate will not throw in his lot with the bjp a september bypoll is still a long way off and it gives the cm time to exercise his celebrated persuasive skills the move to reschedule the panchayat elections is just as telling goa could do with a breather to recover from the recent election parrikar told journalists indeed it is the bjp that has to recover from a defeat of its own making were it to put its ear to the groundits intelligence gatherers are probably already on stealth modeit would pick up the pulse of seething resentment against the current arrangement that has rendered the voter inconsequentialthe chief justice of india j s khehar recently brought up the matter of the absence of political accountability in the country even our legal system provides no consequences be suffered by political parties if promises made in the manifesto are not fulfilled he said the manner in which the bjp manipulated the goa and manipur results went beyond even dishonouring electoral promises it contravened the very idea of democracy the right of the voter to have his say and the duty of the constitutional authority like governor mridula sinha to uphold itin an interview to a tv channel soon after he won the trust vote parrikar made some very telling points hed have to compromise on the bjp agenda for now he said insisting there had been no financial deals in government formation but the icing on the spin was the justification that what was done was done for the betterment of goa the arrogance of the presumption that he and the bjp alone know whats best for the rest of us even at the cost of turning the voter powerless signals the direction in which the country is currently headedwhatever vijai sardesai whos positioned himself as the saviour of goan culture may claim the regional identity issue will be mere sloganeering till the bjp finds a way to move in for the kill shah recently asked the partys national executive members to work for the golden age of the bjp with a bjp chief minister installed in every state and in positions of power at every level from panchayats to parliament how it gets there will be of little consequenceminister francis dsouza concedes it wont be easy to manage a coalition of 138 but parrikar he says is the ideal person to hold such a coalition so far the chief minister has doled out the heftiest enticements to those with the potential to