A SEARCH FOR ALLIES
THE GOA GOVERNMENT under chief minister Pramod Sawant has promised to provide 16,000 litres of free water every month to each household from September 1. While the water bill of almost 300,000 families is expected to go down to zero, the state government will lose a monthly revenue of Rs 11.5 crore. This is the first time ever that a government in Goa has announced freebies for its people, a clear reminder of the nearing assembly election.
Goa is due to elect a new government in February 2022 and all political parties in the state have begun the exercise of finding allies. While the BJP gauges the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party’s (MGP) willingness to join forces, all eyes are on a possible alliance between the Congress and the Goa Forward Party (GFP). The GFP seems willing, but the Congress, true
