MARGAO
Former Minister Luis Alex Cardozo lodged his protest with the district administration and demanded to know whom the government belongs to after a police constable stopped his car from entering the South Collectorate complex at the main gate when he had come to attend the Goa Liberation day programme.
The TCP Minister Vijai Sardesai and South District Collector Anjali Sehrawat sounded apologetic over the incident, saying it should not have happened as the 72-year old three-time former Fatorda MLA and Minister told the Collector not to send him invitation for the national and State programmes in the future.
"A special messenger was sent to invite me for the Goa Liberation Day programme. I came right on time, but the police constable at the main gate refused me entry. I showed him the invitation card, but I doubt whether the constable can read and understand English as he insisted that I enter through the gate. I have been attending these national and state day celebrations since 1990. But, this constable treated me in an arrogant manner," he said.
Left with no option, Cardozo then parked his car along the wholesale fish market road before attending the programme. "I felt bad over the way I was treated by the traffic police constable and I wondered whom does this government belong to if the government officials and police cannot respect senior citizens," he said.
When he was narrating the incident to the TCP Minster, South Collector Anjali Sehrawat said the district administration takes the responsibility for the episode, even as both the Collector and the Minister sounded apologetic. "Some of the government officials and police are not courteous to the public. We have to find why," Sardesai said, while apologizing to the former minister.
Former Minister Luis Alex Cardozo lodged his protest with the district administration and demanded to know whom the government belongs to after a police constable stopped his car from entering the South Collectorate complex at the main gate when he had come to attend the Goa Liberation day programme.
The TCP Minister Vijai Sardesai and South District Collector Anjali Sehrawat sounded apologetic over the incident, saying it should not have happened as the 72-year old three-time former Fatorda MLA and Minister told the Collector not to send him invitation for the national and State programmes in the future.
"A special messenger was sent to invite me for the Goa Liberation Day programme. I came right on time, but the police constable at the main gate refused me entry. I showed him the invitation card, but I doubt whether the constable can read and understand English as he insisted that I enter through the gate. I have been attending these national and state day celebrations since 1990. But, this constable treated me in an arrogant manner," he said.
Left with no option, Cardozo then parked his car along the wholesale fish market road before attending the programme. "I felt bad over the way I was treated by the traffic police constable and I wondered whom does this government belong to if the government officials and police cannot respect senior citizens," he said.
When he was narrating the incident to the TCP Minster, South Collector Anjali Sehrawat said the district administration takes the responsibility for the episode, even as both the Collector and the Minister sounded apologetic. "Some of the government officials and police are not courteous to the public. We have to find why," Sardesai said, while apologizing to the former minister.
