CANACONA
A group of Revolutionary Goans (RG) activists were not allowed at the Sarkar Tumchya Daari event at Canacona on Saturday and were later detained at the Canacona Police Station.
The seven activists said they were asked to remain at the police station and were allowed to go only after Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had left the venue.
“We were all identified and stopped from entering the venue. One of our members had gone with his sister with genuine issues for by the department concerned. He had also hoped to meet the chief minister along with the local MLA, but he was taken and detained at the police station,” said RG Canacona Taluka Coordinator Prashant Pagui, while speaking to reporters outside the police station.
“We later tried to enter the venue, but were also stopped and not allowed us to proceed further.”
“When we were informed that one of our members was detained at the police station, we too went to the police station but we were detained there and finally allowed to go home only when the chief minister left the venue at about 3.30 pm.”
Pagui said they had received calls from police sources since Friday to enquire if they had any plans to visit the Sarkar Tumchya Daari event at Canacona. “We had informed them that some of our members may approach government officers to get their issues resolved.
RG Canacona Constituency Coordinator Sanjam Naique criticised the government machinery for resorting to “such undemocratic measures to stop us from seeking government assistance.”
