Mine-hit Goans garner 'national' support
GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI | 26 April 2013 22:41 IST
The Goa Mining People’s Front met BJP president Rajnath Singh today in Delhi, seeking his support to the cause of mining-dependent people in Goa.
The Front also presented memorandums at the offices of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
The two-day dharna of around 1000 people at Jantar Mantar ended with a press conference, where Christopher Fonseca demanded a central package of Rs 5000 crore to compensate the people hit by mining ban.
All the three Goan MPs – Shantaram Naik and Francisco Sardinha from the Congress and Shripad Naik from the BJP – visited the demonstrators once again today.
BJP leader Gopinath Munde also visited the demonstrators.
At a press conference, Fonseca also alleged that the attempts of Goa government to levy more and more taxes on the people will result into more burden on the people of Goa.
“The ban on mining has ruined the lives of thousands of families and even the number of school drop-outs has increased, besides steep rise in crime rate”, he said.
