MARGAO
Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Amit Patkar on Tuesday said monarchy doesn’t exist in the country for making use of ‘sengol’ to transfer powers, saying that right is with the people who have shown the doors to BJP in Karnataka.
Speaking about the inauguration of the new Parliament building at the Statehood Day celebration in Margao on Tuesday, Patkar said, “This is not monarchy for transfer of powers by sengol that right is with people who have shown the doors to BJP in Karnataka. Modi has always tried to misguide people and impress people with unwanted things.”
Patkar criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for depriving the right of President of India Draupadi Murmu to inaugurate the new parliament building. He added that the BJP has set a wrong narrative that because of former PM Jawaharlal Nehru, liberation of Goa was delayed. “This is wrong and they are trying to spread misinformation,” he said.
On the occasion, Congress leaders felicitated former MP and Union Minister, Eduardo Faleiro for his contribution in getting statehood. Patkar said Congress leaders MP Francisco Sardinha, former MP Eduardo Faleiro and late Shantaram Naik played vital roles for statehood along with central leaders.
Eduardo Faleiro said that post liberation a lot of development has taken place in Goa. “During opinion poll people decided to protect our identity and voted against the merger,” he said.
Francisco Sardinha said that Statehood is a great day for Goa. “We fought against the merger during the opinion poll and preserved our identity. Later with the efforts of Rajiv Gandhi our mother tongue Konkani was included in the 8th Schedule of the Indian constitution.”
Cong claims alliance with GFP still intact
MARGAO: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee chief Amit Patkar on Tuesday pointed out that the Congress had an alliance with the Goa Forward party in the 2022 polls, adding that the alliance between the two parties is still intact.
The State Congress president said all the political parties should join hands to save democracy and to liberate the common man from inflation and unemployment in the 2024 polls.
Asked to comment on the Congress party’s relations with the Goa Forward party, Amit shot back, “The Congress and Goa Forward fought the 2022 polls in an alliance. Our alliance still remains. As far as the Lok Sabha polls are concerned, leaders of the two parties including the CLP leader Yuri Alemao will discuss with the other parties on next year’s election.”
