WEDNESDAY, 26 AUGUST 2026

Democracy requires accountability

The Supreme Court frustrated with dealing with 10 parties in Bihar polls not updating their criminal anticedents nor legislature taking any action lamented that parties will not act against criminalisation of politics! The recent cabinet expansion by the PM with 77 ministers has 42% with declared criminal anticedents. Parties swear by “winnable” candidates. We now have Parliament in session and the Pegasus snoopgate where the government will not admit to surveillance on political rivals, reporters, anyone criticising/impediment to government despite competent foreign forensic and local circumstantial evidence. Similarly, denying in Parliament that there were any deaths due to oxygen shortages on procedural and technical grounds! This they cannot get away with because there are deaths and people involved seen worldwide live on television and democracy is all about people who will not tolerate this blatant denial by the Centre and the States who simply cannot tell the truth because India is growing fabulously under the decisive leadership of the PM, and everyone is jealous wanting to tarnish India’s image. So no need to see how demonitisation ruined our economy, lockdown with 4-hour notice before midnight caused migrant exodus, trauma and avoidable deaths also due badly handled second Covid wave, Delhi riots, farmers agitation, etc all of which government claims to have no specific records! The statements in Parliament are there now for all to see and for the nation to act to be worthy of democracy!

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Remove creepers from power poles

PRAVIN U SARDESSAI, Adpai
Published Jul 23, 2021, 12:38 AM IST
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At various locations in Ponda, we come across creepers over the electricity poles. In practise, the maintenance section of electricity department needs to clear the same on regular basis. However, no favourable action comes to the forefront. It would be appropriate to mention some instances in this regard. We come across creepers over the electricity poles along the route leading from the circle at Farmagudi towards the Goa Engineering College as also along the internal road…

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