Goemkarponn desk
Margao: A person born in 1925 will have his or her 100th Birthday in 2024. The BJP Government forgot the 100th Birthday of Manoharbab Sardessai on 18th January 2024. The Centenary of Dnyanpeeth Awardee Ravindrabab Kelekar begins on 7th March 2024. I urge Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant to observe the day with Official Function and mark the beginning of the Centenary Year, stated Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao.
Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant should do homework in Mathematics, stated LOP Yuri Alemao by releasing a video of the Chief Minister claiming in the Assembly that Centenary of Sardessai and Kelekar begins in 2025.
It appears that the BJP Government is sidelining our own Goan Icons like Manoharrai Sardessai, Ravindrabab Kelekar and others. The government has no mechanism in place to maintain data on Great Goans, pointed out Yuri Alemao.
We have seen Celebrations of National Heroes by the BJP Government in the recent past by organising mega-events. Unfortunately, the same spirit and enthusiasm are not found while Celebrating Goan Icons, said Yuri Alemao.
When I raised the issue of the failure of the Government to commemorate the Birth Centenary of Great Goan Poet Manoharrai Sardessai in the last Assembly Session, the Chief Minister tried to justify the failure by giving wrong calculations. 2024 is the beginning of the Centenary of persons born in 1925, claimed Yuri Alemao.
I have observed that General Administration Department nor the Protocol Department has any data on Great Goans including Freedom Fighters. Department of Information & Publicity also points fingers at others. I demand the Chief Minister to designate a Department to maintain such records, Yuri Alemao said.
There is no point in hosting Mega Events spending multiple crores. Goa Government must organise productive programmes which will help the next generations to know about the contributions of Goan Icons, said Yuri Alemao.
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