Now in 2022, the BJP has made new election promises, but let us remind them of the decade-old unfulfilled solemn assurances given to the people of Goa.
In 2012 the BJP had vowed that Annual Performance Reports of every government department would be prepared and publicized which has not happened. Also promised was participatory governance at the village level as envisaged in the 73rd and 74th amendments, which too, did not see the light of the day. Promised was a new agricultural policy to make agriculture more rewarding but all that we have witnessed is the continued sight of fields and hills being converted into concrete jungles.
We were assured of a new regional plan keeping in mind Goa’s identity, but there has been no plausible progress in that direction with a selected coterie of builders having a field day with constructions mushrooming everywhere without the much-needed provision for basic infrastructure of electricity, water, parking, sewage and garbage disposal.
The government has also miserably failed in its promise of 12 hours a day of uninterrupted drinking water within two years. In the 2012 budget speech, the BJP government had assured that every department would implement e-governance within 18 months. But sadly, even after a decade, most government websites continue to be dysfunctional or not updated.
It has all been a bundle of promises like China-made goods, without a warranty or guarantee.
