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AAP’s new strategy: No Modi-bashing

The Goan NetworkPublished Apr 15, 2017, 7:22 PM IST

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NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has decided to stop criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of a new strategy for the MCD polls in Delhi following its humiliating defeat in Punjab and Goa elections last month. The Kejriwal-led party would now focus on a “positive campaign” instead of its usual Modi-bashing tactics as it faces a high-stake MCD municipal polls.

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Good Friday services, bhajans & shlokas? Yes, at Old Goa

At first they seem like an odd group among the other attendees during the Good Friday services at the SÃ© Cathedral, the seat of Archbishop Filipe Neri FerrÃ£o, but the group of around 15 are no ordinary attendees at the ceremony.

The Goan Network

Published Apr 15, 2017, 7:22 PM IST

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the goan I networkPANAJIWhile the women are dressed in sarees and the men in formal shirts and trousers, the group goes about reciting Sanskrit shlokas before the services begin. The group is entirely Hindu and for the last fourteen years, the members of the Swadhyaya Parivar have been creating a tradition with an aim to promote communal harmony across the state. Speaking to the Goan Manu Dhulapkar who led the group at Old Goa explained the raison d’etre of the…