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VASCO: Goencho Avaaz Party alleged a sinister conspiracy behind the contentious Bhumiputra Adhikarini Bill (newly named as the Goa Bhumi Adhikarini Bill).
GAP said the Bill was passed with such unseemly haste, that it is alleged that even the BJP Core Group was left in the dark about the existence of this Bill.
“In a shocking revelation, it was discovered that it is the land sharks and not the people, who will be the actual beneficiaries of this bill. Under the guise of providing land and housing to the new “Bhumiputras,” this Bill is in reality a massive data collection exercise by the Government, to be used against the people for the benefit of the real estate lobby,” GAP said.
GAP said the unsuspecting people who share their information with the government might in fact, be exposing themselves to victimisation by land sharks. It is alleged that the authorities intend to share this data with the real estate lobby, which is on the prowl for land that is in increasingly short supply in Goa.
Captain Viriato Fernandes, State Convenor, said: ‘’The Machiavellian machinations of the BJP party, as highlighted by this Bill, will be the final nail in the coffin of Goa. This data bank of illegalities, which will be innocently volunteered by the potential victims themselves, will certainly prove to be a convenient weapon in the arsenal of the BJP government for blackmailing and extortion purposes of both Goans as well as settlers. Corruption will increase manifold.”
He said this was clearly seen in 2017 in Zuari Nagar, Sancoale, where people were promised legalisation of their illegal structures on payment of unreceipted money.
To date, despite the money having allegedly changed hands, the status quo remains unchanged, and as usual it is the people who continue to suffer, he said.
“One recollects a similar fraud having been carried out in Chicalim Panchayat in 2004-2005 on the eve of the Assembly elections at the behest of Mauvin Godinho, the then Cortalim MLA. A huge number of villagers living in houses existing since decades were made to submit affidavits stating that their houses were illegal and requesting for regularization. There has been no outcome to that and in fact, the villagers are now living with a sword hanging over their heads. The late MLA Shri Matanhy Saldanha had then rightly alleged that Mauvin Godinho was fooling the people for votes,” he said.
Swapnesh Sherlekar, President of Goencho Avaaz Party said: “It is important for people to realize that it is Mauvin Godinho, who is the architect of this Bill. His long history of alleged manipulation and deceit has been the hallmark of his political career and has been instrumental in preparing him to pull off this Bill, which is the mother of all scams. As his Party boss famously said: ‘Aap chronology samajhye.’
Roshan Mathias, Vice President of Goencho Avaaz Party said ‘This is a complete breakdown of our democratic system. Who is the government to decide over what is to be done with my property? Adhikarini means that you are providing help for somebody to decide on my property. Isn’t this akin to dictatorship? Something that belongs to me is being taken away by force.”
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