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PORVORIM
The Porvorim BJP Block staged a protest rally at the Socorro-Sangolda Junction on Thursday morning, after accusing Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte of restraining and threatening BJP spokesperson Premanand Mahambre in the Assembly complex on Wednesday evening.
Addressing the BJP protesters, BJP leader Kishor Asnodkar said Khaunte’s actions of restraining Mahambre in the Assembly complex was shameful and condemnable.
“Khaunte pretends he is a clean legislator, but in reality he is not. He takes revenge against those people who do not support him or speak against him,” said Asnodkar.
Porvorim BJP Block President Kunda Chodankar said every citizen has a freedom of speech in a democracy.
“If allegations by BJP spokesperson Premanand Mahambre in a press conference regarding the assets and businesses of Khaunte were false, then Khaunte could have flatly refuted those allegations by immediately conveying a press conference.”
“There was no need for him to abuse and threaten Mahambre for having spoken the truth. It is a known fact that Khaunte has been harassing BJP karyakartas on one pretext or the other. The Porvorim BJP Mandal has reported this matter to its superiors,” said Chodankar.
Socorro Sarpanch Sandeep Vazarkar, former Socorro Panch Kartik Kudneker and former sarpanch of Penha de Franca Radhika Sawant also addressed the protesters and accused Khaunte of using his position to terrorise people in Porvorim constituency.
MAPUSA CORRESPONDENT ADDS: BJP North Goa District President Mahanand Asnodkar on Thursday demanded the disqualification of Rohan Khaunte as MLA, after accusing him of goondagiri in the Assembly
complex.
Addressing a press conference at the district headquarter, Asnodkar criticised Khaunte for threatening party spokesperson Premanand Mahambre, after he had revealed Khaunte’s property deals at a press conference on Wednesday.
“Khaunte’s action in a place like the Assembly is unbecoming and he should be punished for the same. Opposition leader Digambar Kamat and senior congress MLA Pratapsing Rane were witness to this incident,” said Asnodkar.
