FRIDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER 2026

No tricks will sway voters this time


With Goa gearing up for the ensuing Assembly elections nothing can save the current ruling BJP from a resounding defeat.

As a political gimmick every last minute trick will be played to desperately eyewash the voters. But Goans will not forgive or forget the pain and anguish they have had to endure over the last five years.

Rampant corruption and bad governance galore has been the order of the day while the public have had even in the raging pandemic to demonstrate and agitate against a stream of anti-people measures.

Even those two outstation side engines, well funded and fuelled to mischievously split anti-BJP votes will come a cropper.

Regardless of all the politriks and abuse of power, the writing is on the wall as those who betrayed the people’s trust and defected for the lust of power and money will have to bear the brunt of people’s verdict.


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Free legal aid cell for undertrials needed

ROBERT CASTELLINO, Calangute
Published Nov 1, 2021, 12:53 AM IST
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Citing the precedent of Aryan Khan's bail, the Apex Court must suo moto grant bail to all undertrials, incarcerated in jails across India, for similar offenses.Aryan was fortunate to have a battery of legal luminaries arguing his case which begs the question of how many undertrials can afford it?There are over 3,30,000 undertrials in jails  most of them poor, young and illiterate because of petty crimes. They fight a lonely battle for getting bail. Many are still in…

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