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Director acknowledges voice in clip; Gaude says ‘false’

PANAJI
A day after his unedited controversial audio clip went viral, Minister Govind Gaude refuted all the “allegations” and termed it as “false”.

A 4.14 minute audio clip of the telephonic conservation between the Minister and Director of Tribal Welfare Dashrath Redkar had gone viral on social media on Tuesday, wherein the Minister was heard yelling, abusing and threatening the officer with dire consequences.

Redkar has admitted that the voice heard in the audio clip is his but refused to speak anything further.

On the other hand, Gaude said “all allegations against me are false and there are no facts”. However, in their entire clip there are no allegations levied against him.

In the audio clip, the Minister is heard lashing out at Redkar, for granting funds to an NGO for organising events through Schedule Caste and Scheduled Tribe Commission in his constituency “ Priol. The Minister has even abused the Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar and the Chief Minister Pramod Sawant in the entire clip. The Minister is even heard saying that he will see how the event takes place and how “that” NGO gets funds. He told the Director to inform Tawadkar and CM that he is not going to tolerate such things in his constituency.

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Speaker buries the hatchet, says Gaude will probe funds

Oppn seeks discussion in Assembly, motion disallowed

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Feb 8, 2024, 1:25 AM IST
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PANAJIThe Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar on Wednesday said that Art and Culture Minister Govind Gaude has assured to conduct an inquiry into the alleged misappropriation of funds in the department. The allegations were initially levied by the Speaker himself against the Minister over disbursement of funds for events.The Opposition MLAs led by Fatorda legislator Vijai Sardesai tried to raise the issue of the Speaker’s allegations against Gaude demanding…

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