Is the police action on the hapless residents of Melauli, who were protesting against the IIT project, just a trailer before Chief Minister Pramodbab Sawant goes for a crackdown on the anti-coal and track-doubling agitators in South Goa? Many suspect that the manner in which police machinery was used against the Melauli residents coupled with the CM’s firm stand that nothing would stop him from going ahead with the projects, suggests that the government has something up its sleeves against those opposing projects in the New Year. Wait and watch.
