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Fake marketing by Goa government

The current Goa Government seems to be on an overdrive by marketing itself and its so-called development and progress in the State using taxpayers money; in a state which is at a record debt! Of course, all this marketing (Radio, TV, etc) is in view of the upcoming state elections. It would be okay to say that, if Goa and Goans were actually progressing, and all the marketing was highlighting the true picture, but in reality what I see in Goa is very high unemployment, more and more garbage all over the place, cattle on the roads, sad state of many roads, massive hill cutting/cutting of trees, sewage dumped into fields/water bodies, increasing pollution particularly with coal, growing illegal settlements via political patronage, rampant corruption all over the place and highly in-efficient govt departments and the poor service that they provide to the citizens! Do you think Goans will fall for all this fake marketing by the current ruling class?

 
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Half-baked accusations cannot win elections for Cong in State

GAFAAR SHAQOOR, Margao
Published Dec 9, 2021, 7:24 PM IST
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Apropos to the report "After sex scandal, Congress throws bribe bomb at BJP" (The Goan Everyday December 9, 2021). If the Congress in Goa is deluding itself into believing that "Sopte tax" will revive its fortune in the upcoming assembly elections in Goa, it will be in for a big surprise. Goa Congress's steadfast refusal in reading the writing on the wall is proving to be a major handicap in its lacklustre preparations ahead of crucial assembly elections in 2022. What do the…

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