MARGAO
Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat has urged Chief Minister Pramod Sawant not to adopt “hukumshahi” to suppress people’s voices.
He said Goa Revolution Movement led by Dr Ram Manohar Lohia liberated Goa from 450 years of Portuguese rule. “In this 60th year of Goa’s liberation, it is the duty of the government to give liberty to people to exercise their democratic rights and allow them to protest peacefully to protect the identity of Goa,” he said while urging the Chief Minister to stop dictatorship to suppress the voices of the people.
He was reacting to the high handedness of police on the peaceful agitators at Arossim during their midnight vigil and arrests of students and activists at Panaji on Goa Liberation Day.
“Every Goan has the democratic right to protest peacefully and raise their concerns, especially with regards to protecting the State’s identity and environment,” Kamat said while condemning the police action.
He said Goa has a history of pre and post-Liberation agitations and all these focussed on protecting Goan identity and cultural heritage. “We all must work towards maintaining the fabric of communal harmony in Goa,” he added.
