Aam Aadmi Party has organized a massive protest against the BJP Government demanding that Pramod Sawant Resign as CM just a day after the former Goa Governor- Satya Pal Malik levelled serious charges of corruption against the ruling party. The protest was attended by more than 300 AAP volunteers.Along with Sawant’s Resignation the AAP also demanded for a judicial enquiry against the allegations levelled by the former Goa Governor, Satya Pal Malik who was shunted out when he trying to highlight the issue. The allegations made news all over India with #ResignPramodSawant trending nationally. The Goa Police suppressed the protest by manhandling several AAP leaders and illegally detaining them at Agacaim police station where they remained at time of printing
AAP Goa Convenor Rahul Mhambre stated that it is indeed shameful that the BJP government made money out of people’s misery. “During times of crises, when everyone is trying to help other to tide over the pandemic and save lives, it is shameful that the BJP government made profits. There is no limit to their greed,” he said.
Mhambre said that the BJP in Goa has lost its moral grounds to run the state. “We demand the immediate resignation of the Goa Chief Minister, Pramod Sawant. We have organised a rally today to expose the corruption in the state,” he pointed out. Mhambre stated that their party has always been highlighting the corrupt ways of the ruling party, the same was just confirmed by a BJP leader today who was no less than a Governor today
The Honorable former Governor of Goa Shri Satya Pal Malik stated categorically that there was corruption in the Goa Govt in any and everything. Malik who is a prominent BJP leader who was appointed as the Governor of Goa went to stand by his words by stating that he was removed from his post for standing up to Pramod Sawant’s corruption. He further stated that as a Lohiaite and someone who worked with Charan Singh he could not digest corruption . He elaborated that during the lockdown the Govt refused to let shops serving essential supplies be open because a certain company had bribed them to get a contract to deliver food door to door. Shockingly despite escalating the issue to the PM no action was taken. Talking about how Corona spread he said trucks near the airport transporting mining materials continued to do so even after he requested the Govt to stop them leading to an increase in Corona in those locations.
Amit Palekar, AAP leader stated that the Aam Aadmi party has highlighted the 10 failures of the Goa Chief Minister.
“At one stage, the percentage of cases were as high as 50 percent in the state. Even during those times, the Chief Minister was only interested in filling his personal coffers rather than offering relief to the common man,” he said.
“So many Goenkars have lost friends, neighbours and relatives to Covid! But this BJP Govt does not care! They were just busy making money while Goenkars were dying” said AAP Goa Vice President Adv Pratima Coutinho.
“The CM has no moral grounds to continue. We condemn his corruption and the corruption of those who hopped parties to support him and those who gave ‘issue based’ support to him. He must resign! He must resign now!” said AAP Goa Vice President Capt Venzy Viegas.
“Only AAP is concerned with Common Goenkars! BJP is only interested in making money out of the misery of Goenkars” said AAP Goa Sr Vice President Mahadev Naik.
While the AAP had organised a peaceful rally, the peaceful protesters were also taken in police custody to prevent them from creating awareness among the people.The police used all their force to detain AAP leaders even manhandling AAP Goa Vice Presidents Sandesh Telekar Dessai and Adv Pratima Coutinho. The Goa police brutally suppressed the protest and manhandled many other leaders after that and at time of printing AAP leaders were still illegally detained at Agacaim police station.
“The BJP can try to suppress us as much as they want. We will not be afraid of them or their misuse of the police. No amount of force will stop us from demanding the resignation of Pramod Sawant’s whose rank corruption has caused the loss of Goan lives” said AAP Goa Convenor Rahul Mhambre
While being detained by the police AAP Goa Vice President Valmiki Naik stated “Pramod Sawant has stolen from Goenkars and the poorest of poor Goenkars especially when they were down and out! The time has come for him to resign”
