Goa, Jan. 24 -- The first time was when the government decided to shift the Indian Institute of Technology from Shel-Melauli to some other site, as villagers had kept up a protest for months demanding that the institute be shifted from the location that had been approved by the government. The State, after the protests in the village turned a shade violent, finally agreed to move the IIT out of Melauli and scout for a new location elsewhere.
The amendments to the Municipalities Act, which came via an ordinance as the Assembly was not in session, had met with strong disapproval from the merchants who had even called for a Statewide closure of markets in protest, but didn't have to resort to this as the government kept the ordinance in abeya...