MARGAO
Agriculture Minister Vijai Sardesai told the agitating fish wholesalers and fishermen that he has spoken to Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to ensure the FDA raids does not set off panic amongst the fish loving Goemkars, while insisting that fish coming into the State should be safe.
“There ought to be no fear in the minds of the Goemkars that their staple food is unsafe. I have told the Chief Minister that the FDA officials should be cautious. This government is not ruling the State to create panic, but to take all the stakeholders to address issues,” he told the media after the agitated wholesalers called on him at his residence.
While directing his ire at certain section of the media for trying to sensationalise the issue, Sardesai said the government should act responsibly since vested interests are at work to create panic. “Goemkars eat Xitt Kodi. Fish is our staple diet. Panic on the presence of formalin in the wholesale fish market is not in the interest of government as well as the society,” he added.
