REGINALDO ATTACK
* Anjuna is the hub of narcotics trade where drugs are freely available and openly consumed at late night parties
* Two notorious shacks cum night clubs in South Anjuna infamous for drug trade were raided in the past at the instance of Michael Lobo
* But now the illegal trade is going on in full flow without fear of the law. It shows BJP’s involvement in the promotion of drug trade
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MAPUSA: Blaming the BJP-led coalition government for promoting drug trade in the State, the Congress on Wednesday said drugs was easily available in Goa especially in the coastal villages of Anjuna, Candolim, Vagator etc in North Goa and slowly making it way in the South.
“Anjuna is the hub of narcotics trade where drugs are freely available and openly consumed at late night parties. Two notorious shacks cum night clubs in South Anjuna infamous for drug trade were raided in the past at the instance of Michael Lobo but now the illegal trade is going on in full flow without fear of the law. It shows BJP’s involvement in the promotion of drug trade,” said Aleixo Reginald Lourenco, Congress MLA from Curtorim.
The Curtorim MLA was addressing a news conference at the North Goa District Congress office in Mapusa in the presence of former union minister, Ramakant Khalap, Tivim MLA, Nilkant Halarnkar and Santa Cruz MLA, Tony Fernandes and other party office bearers.
Reginald said Goans wanted to know what happened to the Calangute MLA, Michael Lobo’s promise of submitting a list to the chief minister of cops involved with drug cartel.
The Congress MLA further said that the young generation was getting hooked to the trade and for the easy money.
“The younger lot is getting stuck by the trap laid by the drug lords which has now reached the gates of our educational institutes including schools and colleges,” he said.
Coming down on the law enforcement authorities, the Congress MLA said the enforcement authorities were hand in gloves with the perpetrators of the crime.
“The recent raids on petty drug peddlers are nothing by an eyewash by the BJP-led government, as big sharks and drug mafia are untouched,” he said.
He said there was rampant sound pollution in the coastal belt even as the authorities turned a blind eye to the illegalities.
“There are zero checks to measure high decibel level of music played late night which shatters the peace of the school going kids and the senior citizens,” Reginald said.
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This govt must go: Khalap
MAPUSA: Maintaining that BJP has betrayed the people of Goa, Congress leader and former Union minister, Ramakant Khalap said it was a disgrace for a party which could not elect a substitute for the chief minister.“A government should have a chief minister. It is unfortunate that Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar is not well. But Goans should not be taken for a ride. Neither Parrikar nor his party has a right to treat Goans the way it is being done,” Khalap said.
“If they (BJP) cannot elect a substitute to Manohar Parrikar it’s a disgrace for the party who wants to govern the country,” he continued.
The Congress leader said that existing jobs were in peril even as large number of students was passing out every year.
He further said there was an exodus of tourists because of rampant drugs trade, prostitution, gambling and other unwanted activities in the State.
“This happens because there is no government in Goa. The ruling dispensation has no right to continue,” Khalap said.
“The government is responsible for the sad state of affairs and therefore this government must go,” he added.
