SATURDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2026

Anti-defection law must be amended at earliest

Most Goans are anxiously waiting for the assembly election results to come out very soon as they are hoping to see a brand new government headed by a truly secular political party taking over this time and finally ruling Goa for the next five years in the state. Will that really happen in Goa? Or are we going to be ruled by the same old dispensation once again after bullying/buying a few power-hungry newly elected mercenaries from opposition camps after the assembly election results are out in Goa?

Well, there are rumours doing the rounds saying that some leaders from the same old dispensation are already in touch with probable winning candidates of rival political camps and are believed to be promising them ministerial berths to help their party form the government even if it falls short of the required numbers. I  feel that as long as the controversial anti-defection law is not amended, such type of dramas will continue to unfold and we voters will end up becoming jokers in front of these very same power hungry self-centered politicians after every election in Goa/India.  



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Tackle history sheeters with iron hand

REKHA SARIN, Benaulim
Published Feb 23, 2022, 9:51 PM IST
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Over the past three months , Goa police have opened over 80 new history sheets against active criminals who now number 222, almost equally divided between the North and South districts. The sheets are opened based on the new Goa police rules notified by the state government, during the recent elections many of these 'esteemed' individuals were rounded up to prevent law and order issues ; many criminals have also been externed from the state borders invoking the National…

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