In these elections the ruling BJP has tried every trick possible, but it will all be in vain. Even in those postal ballots government employees are being asked to mark their choice in the presence of departmental head thus violating the very secrecy of their vote. Even for election duty government staff and officers close […]
Month: February 2022
WILL CASH FOR VOTES EVER END
Free and Fair elections will continue to be a far cry from reality unless the Election Commission is able to eradicate with an iron hand the distribution of cash to buy votes. In the elections held on Valentine’s Day we witnessed how widespread this menace was. But it was ever so blatant in Goa’s capital […]
NEED FOR ELECTORAL REFORMS
We need urgent and radical electoral reforms. As Politics is no longer a mission but has become a profession, there must be a retirement age mandated by law. The law should also prescribe minimum educational qualifications for those contesting elections. We need to amend the law to ensure that political morality prevails. The Anti-defection law […]
QUO-VADIS ELECTORAL POLITICS
Goa has voted to elect its 40 new MLAs. With 301 candidates in the fray the people have had an assortment of candidates to choose from. This time around there has been no straight fight in a single constituency but a multi cornered contest with five and more candidates in 38 constituencies while Siolim had […]
IT WILL BE A BJP MUKT GOA TODAY
Finally, 14th February 2022, a Valentine’s Day and Election Day with immense significance has dawned. A day when we will get our last opportunity to salvage what remains of our badly bruised and battered Goa. Today we will elect our 40 new MLAs and a government that will have to restore good governance in the […]
VOTE FOR GOA ON VALENTINE’S DAY
Tomorrow on 14th February when we vote for a new government in Goa let us be reminded of all the trials and tribulations we have had to undergo over the last ten years under the dark days of the BJP. We shall not forget all those repressive measures of a government which has been responsible […]
WITH EVERY GOAN SUFFERING, VOTING FOR THE BJP IS A MORTAL SIN
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant better known as Property Sawant within his own BJP has quickly risen from rags to riches. Pramod Sawant’s total income for 2010-2011 was only Rs 4,51,653 and savings including fixed Deposits a mere Rs 55, 139. So will he confess how he became a multi crorepati so swiftly? Amongst the properties […]
THE EXIT DOOR BECKONS FOR THE MONSERRATES
It is overwhelming to see the dedicated commitment and enthusiasm in which the people of Taleigao and Panaji are all through a silent revolution gearing up to end the misrule of the Monserrates which has totally ruined Panaji and the neighborhood of Taleigao. Ending their jungle is the best thing that could happen for Goa. […]
WITH ELVIS GOMES PANAJI CAN HOPE FOR A SEA OF CHANGES
Of the seven candidates in the fray for the Panaji Assembly Constituency, former bureaucrat Elvis Gomes is undoubtedly the best and brightest of the lot. The young and dynamic Elvis Gomes who has always been very soft-spoken carries with him a rich administrative experience which would assist him in being a very able legislator representing […]
GOA NEEDS TO BE LIBERATED ON THIS VALENTINE’S DAY
In the run up to next week’s Assembly elections, Goa is witnessing another struggle by determined people across the State seeking to be freed from the current corruption and nepotism to see Good Governance. There has to be total transparency and accountability in the functioning of the Government. Goa has to be unchained from the […]