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Bharatiya Janata Party or Bharatiya VIP Party ?

The main roads/highway stretch particularly in Fatorda were in a horrible condition for a very long time and now suddenly have all been done up just a few days before the National Games starting in Goa; including particularly for the visit of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the event inauguration on October 26 at Fatorda Stadium.  It’s well known that the current Goa BJP Govt works as “double engine” with respect to road works only when “senior engines” visit the state.  May I suggest that the BJP should change its name to BVP (Bharatiya VIP Party) which will describe the true type of people they govern for i.e. VIP and select corporates.



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Villagers fighting to save their villages

ARWIN MESQUITA, Colva
Published Oct 23, 2023, 8:20 PM IST
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I see a lot of concerned villagers from Calangute and Candolim fighting to preserve their villages from the machinations of the destructive real estate lobby and land sharks. However, please note that this threat to these lands will always be there especially when the local  MLA is a major real estate “broker”,  so the root cause of the problem needs to be addressed.   Needless to say, this is the same problem faced in many other places in Goa.

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