Sudin Dhavalikar’s Sanatan Sanstha links hinder his run to CM’s post

Last updated Sep 18, 2018

NP NEWS NETWORK

Panaji

With Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar admitted at Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), BJP is inching closer to declare its alliance leader Sudin Dhavalikar as the successor. But his links with Sanatan Sanstha seems to be an important factor going against him.

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Dhavalikar in the past had openly confessed his association with the Hindu Right Wing organization, which has been caught in recent controversies over the killing of rationalists including Narendra Dabholkar in Pune.

BJP leaders have been openly discussing elevating Sudin Dhavalikar to the post of the chief minister.

But Sudin is facing issues as he might fit the tag of Hindutva but does not go well with the changing image of BJP in the State.

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Though none of the Catholic MLAs in the State are publicly admitting their unhappiness to have the leader with the tag of Sanatan Sanstha sympathizer, in private they claim that Sudin is unfit to rule the State.

Sudin has in the past admitted that his wife is a sadhak of that Sanstha. “We are basically from priest background. Our family is associated just to have good work with them,” he had told in the past when Sanstha was under scanner.

Besides Sudin, wife of Deepak Dhavalikar is also associated with Sanatan Sanstha.

BJP is already struggling to make its base in Catholic dominated areas. The fears are raised that Christian population will support Congress for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Under this circumstances, going for polls with Sudin as its chief minister, would be suicidal for the BJP which is already losing its ground in the State.