THURSDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 2026

Can BJP poll campaign muscle be overcome?

BJP election campaign is fully backed by comparatively large amounts of money from party and now candidates contesting election, the ruling establishment using public funds to promote BJP, blatant intimidatory tactics of the BJP including using Govt agencies to intimidate/arrest opposition and freezing accounts etc, purchase of opposition MLAs etc via various nefarious means and using proxy parties to split votes.  I am sure that the electorate is well aware of the latter and many more types of deceptive methods used by the BJP.  The question is now can like minded voters group up and fight the BJP as one force with full focus (no distractions) and if they do, then the  BJP can certainly be defeated in Goa. As I am from South Goa, I request people to rally behind Captain Viriato Fernandes: His  credentials, high education, clean record, oratory skills, humility, national/global outlook,  love for his land backed by his experience in the Indian Armed Forces,  hopefully should convince the majority that he is the only obvious choice for us to send to Parliament.



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Two-thirds of India's population is 'struggling'

NEWTON MENDONCA, Aldona
Published Apr 11, 2024, 8:39 PM IST
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For the first 44 years after independence, India’s development and prospects aroused little enthusiasm, whether among Indians or western commentators. Things started changing after the reforms of the Narasimha Rao led government in 1991. India has been hailed as a potential superpower. India’s jobs shortfall was already at a staggering 20-25 million in 1955. The situation only worsened in subsequent decades, with the backlog reaching 30-35 million in 1965, 40-45 million by…

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