WEDNESDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER 2026

Why BJP govt will not demolish alleged illegal Old Goa structure

Cuncolim MLA Yuri Alemao in particular must be congratulated for questioning CM Pramod Sawant over the alleged illegal structure at Old Goa and for directly asking him as to what stops his government from demolishing the same structure in the state when the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government can easily demolish the structures of some people illegally by using bulldozers in Uttar Pradesh. 

Unfortunately, Sawant was heard aggressively giving his own silly justifications for not doing so and even claiming that since the matter was 'sub-judice' or in Court, his government was currently fully helpless in demolishing the said structure at Old Goa.

Then how come his own senior party central leaders like LK Advani, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti etc had once not bothered to wait for the court verdict but had openly gone to mobilize lakhs of their supporters and had successfully got the disputed historical Babri Masjid structure demolished illegally on that fateful day at Ayodhya resulting in communal riots?

Well, I personally feel that our state government which is well-known for indulging in double standards on many such issues will never ever go to demolish that illegal structure at Old Goa even in the near future but will keep on dragging its feet in this whole matter for years because that particular structure happens to allegedly belong to its own close BJP supporter-cum-symphatiser from New Delhi.



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Portuguese passport effect on Goa polls

STEPHEN DIAS, Dona Paula
Published Jul 16, 2022, 12:05 AM IST
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The Portuguese have to be praised for having kept a window of opportunity, so that sons and daughters, grandsons and granddaughters of those whose birth were registered in Goa on or before December 19, 1961 could acquire Portuguese nationality and thus find lucrative employment in especially the UK as well as to a certain extent, in France. Tens of thousands of Goan youth who hail from South Goa as well as places such as Siridao, Agasaim, Santa Cruz and Merces in…

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