MARGAO
Goa Forward party chief Vijai Sardesai on Tuesday said the party’s call to Save Goa Now is a call for action to form an alert United Opposition to defeat the BJP and eliminate the vices it is introducing in the State.
Commenting on the Chief Minister’s acceptance that a file movement has taken place within the government to permit the cultivation of cannabis in Goa, the Goa Forward party President, Vijai Sardesai said that “by moving a file, the Chief Minister has the intention to pave a way for a decision on marijuana cultivation and to make Goa a vices hub.”
Sardesai said if the government considers to permit the cultivation of cannabis, Goa will have a law and order crisis in the State and questioned, “How will the government ensure its use and distribution, what kind of tourists are they looking to attract?
Raising questions on the implementation of cannabis cultivation, Sardesai asked, “Who will be the licensed watchdog to ensure there is no loophole and leak in the distribution cycle”.
The GFP chief highlighted the concern that mismanagement on the distribution of cannabis could lead to easy access for the drug to reach the wrong hands, especially Goa’s youth.
Sardesai stated that “Goans have gone through so much of suffering this year from Covid to Mollem, to exams, to jobs, to tourism and now cannabis this year in 2020.”
He said that Sawant’s idea of ‘Swayampurna Goa’ are castles in the sky, and are an illusion to hide a fantasy of Vice. Terming the CM “a yes-master to the wills and fancies of Delhi”, he hit out on the recent Rs 5 crore payment for a tourism policy drafted by KPMG.
The GFP chief repeated his call for United Team Goa to defeat the BJP as the only possible way forward to save Goa from turning into a Vices Hub from its previous Golden Goa identity.
Meanwhile, in another expose, he said the Pramod Sawant government has shut matka operations in North Goa as sources suggest that there is a move to get a new Mumbai based matka to operate in the State with the blessings of the ruling politicians. “Swayampurna Matka is the part of Pramod Sawant’s Swayampurna Goa Plan”, he added.
