Ports Bill Gifts Goa A New âUnion Territoryâ
Nandkumar M Kamat
Goa has entered a period of planning pre-2022 assembly election strategies so not much can be expected from the government which would continue to buy time over all controversial issues, till elections for the eighth state assembly get declared. Today nobody hears anything about the most important demand made by ex MLA late Matanhy Saldanha for getting a âspecial statusâ for Goa. He was supported till March 2012 by ex CM Manohar Parrikar but he lost interest to pursue it after Saldanhaâs untimely death. Since then, we are watching a scenario which shows how Goa is rapidly losing everything it was always known for.