Goa, Oct. 24 -- Goa Assembly elections are round the corner and soon the various political parties and politicians will release their election manifestos portraying a rosy picture tempting the electorate with lots of goodies and slogans such as 'We will eradicate poverty'; 'We will provide 10,000 jobs' and 'We will banish unemployment'; 'We will root out corruption and there will be zero tolerance to corruption; 'We will not allow price rise of essential commodities'; 'We will provide free electricity'; We will offer a clean government and so on.

Manifestos are drafted just before the elections by crafty political experts and strategists to capture the imagination of the voters. These manifestos contain all sorts of tall promises made wi...