MARGAO
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant came under attack from the Save Mhadei, Save Goa front as the organisation termed him a “traitor” and “anti-Goa” for addressing a public meeting in Karnataka.
The front has warned that those who go to Karnataka to support the government in the ensuing polls will be labelled as traitors and Judases for selling Mhadei to the neighbouring state.
The front pointed out that the man who had urged the people of Karnataka to give 150 seats to the BJP in the coming polls have no right to rule Goa, even as it demanded Pramod Sawant’s resignation.
Addressing the media, Save Mhadei, Save Goa Salcete coordinator Serafino Cota said it was indeed sad on the part of the Goa Chief Minister to address the meeting in Karnataka, saying the people of Goa has lost whatever little trust they had in the Chief Minister. “The Chief Minister’s decision to address the meeting in Karnataka has left the people confused. Whether the Chief Minister has gone to Karnataka to endorse the Centre’s stand on Mhadei or is he conveying a message to the people to do what they want, but he would continue to support the Karnataka BJP in the coming polls,” he said.
While condemning the Chief Minister’s meeting at Dakshin Karnataka, Prashant Naik said the Chief Minister was on the dais when someone said that the Goa Chief Minister has resolved the Mhadei river dispute.
“This raised a peculiar situation over how will Goa defend its cases in the Supreme Court. With what face will the Chief Minister pursue the cases in the courts against Karnataka”, he said, it is clear that the Chief Minister had gone to Karnataka on the instructions of the Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Party Chief Nadda.
“We will call the Chief Minister Pramod Sawant the first traitor for betraying Goa and Goans on Mhadei. He should tender an unconditional apology. He should tell the people of Goa whether he was told by the BJP high command to go to Karnataka. The people of Goa will teach him a lesson,” he said.
Asserting that politicians going to Karnataka in support of the Karnataka BJP government in the coming polls will be labelled as anti-Goan, Naik dared the government to invoke sections under the IPC or any other Act, saying the people are ready to face any sections of law.
Vikas Bhagat said Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has sacrificed the interest of Goa on Mhadei just to save his Chair.
Meanwhile, Prashant Naik informed that the Save Mhadei, Save Goa movement will intensify the agitation after the school examinations.
Sad that Sawant is praying for reelection of Bommai: Vijai
MARGAO:
Goa Forward Party chief Vijai Sardesai on Monday said that it is indeed sad that the Chief Minister of Goa Pramod Sawant is praying for the reelection of Karnataka Chief Minister Bommai when people are fighting to save Mhadei from being diverted to the neighbouring state.
Sounding a warning to the ruling dispensation, Sardesai said the people of Goa will teach the Chief Minister and the government a befitting lesson for selling Mhadei to Karnataka.
“The Chief Minister was in Karnataka to address a public meeting in support of the BJP government. It is now clear that Pramod Sawant’s ambition is to divert Mhadei river water to the neighbouring state against the wishes and sentiments of the people of Goa,” he said.
