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MAYEM: Goa Forward Party president Vijai Sardesai launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing it of functioning as a “hafta party” and urging voters to reject it to safeguard democracy.
Addressing a Zilla Panchayat election meeting in the Mayem constituency, Sardesai alleged that the BJP has become arrogant and insensitive to public issues.
He accused Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant of deliberately neglecting the long-pending Mayem evacuee property issue and lacking the will to resolve it.
Sardesai said the upcoming elections would give people an opportunity to demonstrate that democracy is still alive.
Campaigning in Chinchinim for Congress candidate Julio Fernandes, Sardesai asserted that winning Salcete would mark the beginning of the end for the BJP in Goa.
Reiterating his allegations against senior BJP leaders, the Goa Forward chief claimed that illegal nightclubs and pubs across the State are being run with the involvement of individuals close to the ruling party.
Taking a dig at the government, he sarcastically urged Chief Minister Sawant to introduce a ‘Mhaje Club’ or ‘Mhaje Pub’ scheme on the lines of the ‘Mhaje Ghar’ scheme, which aims to regularise illegal houses.
Sardesai alleged that if the government can move to regularise unauthorised houses, it should also openly acknowledge and legalise illegal clubs and pubs operating in Goa, including those allegedly linked to relatives of top BJP leaders.
He further claimed that the BJP is attempting to legitimise illegal activities in the State and suggested that such a scheme could be rolled out in the coming year.
