Goa left high and dry

Babu No. 1 in the Election Commission, N. Gopalswami, and Babu No. 1 in the Excise Commission, P. S. Reddy, have joined hands to reduce the flow of alcohol in Goa ahead of the Assembly elections. This has prompted the alcohol distributors and retailers in Goa to go on strike, who accused the officials of heavy-handedness.

The reason for these measures by the babus is to ensure that voters are not enticed with alcohol by political parties. This will ensure that the only ways voters can be manipulated are money, intimidation, lies, and caste and creed-based politics, thus resulting in another free and fair elections.

Several Goans were seen crying in street corners when they read the profiles of the candidates. Porvorim local, Roger Rodrigues when asked to explain, said with his characteristic nasal twang, "Normally, we would simply drown our sorrows, men". [In the pic on the left, I am demonstrating how drowning your sorrows can sometimes get your safari suit very wet].