The Goa government has cancelled a controversial Rs. 89-lakh junket by six legislators to Brazil at the end of this month to watch the FIFA World Cup, reports Press Trust of India.
The six MLAs had earlier said that they would pay for the "study tour" that received muck flak from the Opposition.
"We will bear the cost ourselves. We have realized we should not take tax payers' money for this," said Goa Fisheries Minister Avertano Furtado, one of the six politicians who will travel to Brazil on what the state government has called a "study tour."