THURSDAY, 27 AUGUST 2026

Police plaints not enough to root out corruption

Recently an ex-BJP minister Pandurang Madkaikar accused his own BJP party of being involved in massive corruption.  Needless to say that it's common knowledge now that corruption is very high within the current Goa government; with cases coming much more frequently than before. What I was appalled by is that the senior BJP ministers in reply asked the former minister to name the minister/person and make a police complaint. These senior ruling ministers themselves jumped from other parties and have serious corruption cases against them that are being strangely hushed up by the Goa government. There are so many examples with some prominent ones including: Lokayukta based on facts/evidence asked for a probe against former BJP chief minister in mining cases; former chief secretary Goel involved in a major land related irregularity/fraud; numerous complaints made against Chief Town Planner Rajesh Naik and so on. In all these cases has there been any action by the current Goa BJP government? So why would the solution of filing a police complaint on this subject create any value, other than just to have the matter "cool down" and eventually be "forgotten".



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April start not in interest of students

LUCAS D'SOUZA, Verna
Published Mar 6, 2025, 8:00 PM IST
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The advisory by the Education Department to begin the school calendar in April instead of June is unjustified as we all know that April/May are peak summer months with temperatures rising to 34/35° C. The authorities should have applied their minds before coming to such a draconian decision putting the health of students into jeopardy. In the Middle East, school holidays are from July to August, as these two months are at the peak of summer where temps rise to 40/43°C and…

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