Goa, May 27 -- The Goa Forward Party (GFP), under the leadership of its President and Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai, has sharply criticised the state government for implementing the newly announced Goa Transport Aggregator Guidelines 2025 without engaging key stakeholders, especially traditional taxi operators. Following a meeting with a delegation of concerned taxi operators, Sardesai accused the government of breaking its earlier promise made in the Legislative Assembly to include stakeholders in decisions that significantly impact the taxi sector.

Expressing deep skepticism over the government's history with transport reforms, Sardesai questioned whether the new guidelines were crafted to serve the interests of certain ministers and priv...