News Analysis
When 28-year-old Viresh Borkar, the youngest legislator from Goa’s youngest political party, the Revolutionary Goans (RG), reached the Legislative Assembly for his swearing-in earlier this week riding pillion on a motorbike, he signalled a definite change in the tenor of Goan politics.
First-time MLA Mr. Borkar and the rider of the motorbike, RG party chief and ex-Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member Tukaram ‘Manoj’ Parab, are determined to sweep away the old, corrupt order of Goan politics.