PANAJI
Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday alleged that Chief Minister Pramod Sawant is resorting to cherry-picking people for harassment and warned him against attempting to silence AAP leaders by offering to “close cases” against them.
AAP leader Sandesh Telekar said that the act of the Railway Police Force in filing a First Information Report selectively against protesters, including him, even though there were hundreds of other people present at Arossim on the day of the protest is akin to Salazar’s policy of handpicking people for harassment.
“The CM, through his police, wants to do a 'setting' with us by offering to close the cases against us with a written promise from that we wouldn't speak about these issues in the future. CM should know that he cannot silence us. He cannot stop us from taking up Giants issues,” Telekar said.
AAP also came down heavily on the BJP government’s attitude towards the youngsters and their parents on the eve of Liberation Day with Telekar questioning how Sawant could act so cruelly as to make the innocent youngsters bear such torture.
Speaking about the incident, AAP leader Venzy Viegas stated, “Children were separated from their parents and scuttled helter-skelter as the government did not know what it was doing or what it ought to do and the youngsters were shunted from Panaji to Colvale and then from there to Ponda only to be released late in the night as their parents anxiously awaited news about them.”
AAP leader Cecille Rodrigues termed Sawant as a “heartless person” and warned that Goans will definitely give him a befitting reply when the time comes.
