VASCO
The Mormugao BJP Mandal on Wednesday evening accused the Congress of indulging in a conspiracy to defame Mormugao MLA Milind Naik ahead of elections, stating that such tactics could never help the Congress get elected from Mormugao constituency.
"There have been recent allegations against Milind Naik and this is an old tactic of the Congress. Just ahead of the 2017 elections, the opposition led by Congress leader Sankalp Amonkar had levelled allegations of molestation against Naik,” said Mormugao BJP Mandal President Sanjay Satardekar, while addressing a news conference in the presence of Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) Chairperson Damodar Kaskar and others.
“The police had even registered an FIR but after proper investigation, the case was dismissed and it was revealed that the allegations were false.”
“The Congress has now started this trick again and levelled allegations that Naik had exploited a woman in 2019. We want to ask Amonkar why was he silent for so many days and why did he level these allegations just ahead of elections?”
“Now, the victim has filed a complaint against Amonkar. It was only after her complaint that Amonkar filed a complaint against Naik at the women’s police station.”
“However after proper investigation, the case has now been dismissed and police have ruled out any involvement of Naik in the allegations levelled against him," said Satardekar.
Satardekar added that when the case was dismissed, Amonkar began alleging that there had been tampering of mobile phones that he had submitted to the women’s police station.
“Amonkar should stop making further false allegations and instead, contest elections on merit by showing what he has done for the constituency.”
“Lies can attract public attention for some time, but they will definitely come to an end and no one can win elections by indulging in conspiracies," said Satardekar.
