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Finding Goa government in reactive mode for locals

Whether its companies in Goa arranging interviews outside Goa, environmental violations, accident fatalities, sound violations, dog bites, now the Konkan railway trying to launch its rent-a-bike services, the Goa government consisting of so many ministers always are in a reactive, hands off, un-concerned mode for Goans. The only time I see them pro-active is on things like: They want to  win the elections at any cost and “any means”, VIP visits particularly PM's visit and policy/legislations changes to allow parties to take over large areas of Goa’s scarce land and destroy our environment, trees, hills, waterbodies, fields, mangroves, wildlife, etc. 



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EC's conduct of Lok Sabha polls is far from being fair

S KAMAT, Mysuru
Published May 27, 2024, 7:59 PM IST
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One cannot say that the Election Commission has discharged its duties in the conduct of the present Lok Sabha elections with any semblance of distinction. The 7 phases of the present Lok Sabha elections were one too many and that too spread over a 40-day period.  The BJP has thus used the present election schedule to their advantage while the rest of the political parties have suffered.  In Bengal, the advice from the Election Commission was that Central forces…

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