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Why so long a gap between voting and counting?

With elections over, the EVMs of all 40 assembly seats have been stored in strong rooms guarded by security staff as we await for other states to complete the election process. Instead of spending crores of rupees to guard the EVMs, storage arrangements, etc it would have been more appropriate to hold elections in Goa between March 5-7 to avoid such costs, poaching of government servants, etc. And counting could have been done on March 10. There is no logic for such a long gap.

Vikas Sawkar, via email

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The Goan Network
Published Feb 21, 2022, 12:49 AM IST
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While many surprises are expected when the votes are counted on March 10th, it is amusing that desperate jostling and lobbying has already started for the Chief Minister’s Chair. In what was another mockery, Pramod Sawant was distributing cabinet berths during the election campaign itself. All this only demonstrates how anxious our politicians are to grab power. Only reaffirms what we all already know, that politics is no longer a mission but a ruthless business venture. The…

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