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All is not well in govt offices

All is not well in the government offices and departments in Goa. Recently, the media has exposed government employees who are absent from duty and enjoying public taxpayers’ money by not doing their jobs. Remember that government employees, MLAs, and ministers are public servants, and the public is not their servants.

Government employees are making citizens dance to their tune. They come to work late and leave early. They attend birthday parties, feasts, and picnic spots on duty, not off duty. When the public questions them, they protect each other by saying that they have gone for inspections, site visits, or to court.

They give various reasons to fool the citizens of this country who come from far away by bus or taxi to get their work done. But the sad thing is that their files do not move from one table to another unless you put money in their pockets. A total waste of public taxpayers’ money. This issue must be stopped by the government.


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BJP’s anti corruption promise

Arwin Mesquita, Colva
Published Jul 21, 2023, 11:52 PM IST
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I would like to take Goans back in memory lane to March 2012, when the BJP routed the Congress party and came to power with the CM’s promise of “zero tolerance to corruption.” Many of us were hopeful of better days.However, the same ex-Congressmen who were targeted by the BJP in the run-up to the 2012 elections as being the most corrupt are now, in 2023, BJP ministers and MLAs. Their manifesto, with all its promises, is an official document of deceit. In my view, having been…

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