“Goans are divided by political parties but united by Revolutionary Goans. Let’s revolution.” This is the message on the Facebook homepage of Revolutionary Goans, a party contesting the assembly elections in Goa. One among the smaller political parties in the fray across the five poll-bound states, the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) pitch doesn’t tell the voter to elect them to rule. What then are the reasons for such parties, with zero presence, to contest elections with the full knowledge that defeat is imminent?