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Some Opposition parties sabotaging united front

At a time when there is substantial disenchantment and anti-incumbency is at the highest peak due to anti-people activities by the BJP government, the AAP-GFP is effectively behaving like the B-team of the BJP by attempting to cause the splitting of votes and confusing the electorate in Goa which will surely be the death knell of the Opposition. Voting in election is a sacred duty and the votes of the people of Goa should not go in vain due to disunity of the Opposition. It has to be noted the Congress party along with the Revolutionary Goans Party has a very large vote share in Goa be it among Goans as well as the large migrant vote share. It is my passionate appeal to the chiefs of the AAP and GFP to desist from making allegations against the Congress which has kept its door open for an alliance and have not named its candidates so far in the hope of fighting as an united front.


STEPHEN DIAS, Dona Paula


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Was Porvorim flyover inaugurated in haste?

The Goan Network
Published Sep 17, 2026, 8:03 PM IST
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Across the globe a newly-built bridge or a road is more well-known by the length it covers. However new bridges, flyovers and roads in India are more famous for the amount spent to construct it. The Rs 641-crore Porvorim elevated corridor was conceived as a solution to one of Goa’s most persistent traffic bottlenecks. The six-lane corridor was expected to carry nearly 75,000–80,000 vehicles a day and ease congestion on the Mapusa–Panaji route. A fatal accident soon after the…

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