Sun, sand and corruption! That seems to be Goa's new mantra as another major scandal hits the state. It is Goa's own Watergate, and it has hogged headlines for nearly a month now, offering another example of how politicians here have shamed the people with their brazen acts.
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This one ??could be a game changer.
Goa's politics has always been unstable — there were 15 chief ministers in 15 years between 1990 and 2005. Although, civil society is vocal and alert and comes out on the streets or participates in noisy gram sabha meetings in villages over local issues, or to demand government grants to schools having English as the medium of instruction, they have so far been helpless against political shenanigans.