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PANAJI
Replying to an earlier letter sent by the Karnataka CM in which Siddaramaiah had expressed his apprehensions about the fate of the Lambani community in Goa, Parrikar sought to blame the media for ‘misleading’ the Karnataka CM.
“Goa is a melting pot of various national and international cultures where people belonging to various backgrounds have a long history of living in harmony and peace without using their native identities,” Parrikar said.
“I assure you that I have an uncompromising sense of moral and administrative responsibility towards ensuring peaceful co-existence and prosperity of every Goan, which invariably includes every member of the Lambani community,” Parrikar said, adding that members of the Lambani community have been living in Goa with dignity and pride for many generations, “which makes them Goan first and Goans next.”
“You would agree based on your own past experience that newspaper reports can be misleading and they ought to be supplemented by detailed due diligence,” Parrikar said.
