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Goa is a plaything for Central BJP government

The BJP government hopelessly justifies its demonetisationmove and GST implementation. In the latter case, even stalwarts from theindustry asked for more time to fine tune the GST Act, but the PM wouldn’tbudge. Quick decisions are different from hasty decisions. Now, Unlock 5 isplanned from October 5. This is the time for hard decisions, but the Centre hasabdicated its responsibility and allowed States to decide. Faulty and hastydecisions will come to haunt the entire country. The first priority for allState must be to flatten the Covid curve and achieve 0 deaths. In Goa,September was the killer month accounting for more than half the Covid deaths.But that has not deterred tourists from coming to Goa. And the clever CentralBJP knows that Goa is ‘needed’ for people to come and let their hair down. Goais their plaything and pliable local leaders are their brokers.

 

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Mollem projects should be shelved at all costs

ELVIDIO MIRANDA, Via e-mail
Published Oct 4, 2020, 12:17 AM IST
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With the protests against the three projects, namelydouble-tracking, power transmission line and the highway expansion, becominglouder and louder, it would be prudent that the government of Goa accepts theCentre’s alternative to by-pass Goa and route the projects through theneighbouring states. Protests against the projects have been sustained andwidespread and decisively with an overwhelming. Coal transportation should notbe allowed through the eco-sensitive part of the…

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