BJP, Cong staff take to streets for and in opposition to Sawant’s comment after rape of minors; Covid norms thrown to the wind

Even as part 144 continues to be in drive within the state, political staff from the Congress and BJP gathered in massive numbers in Sanquelim in North Goa, the meeting constituency of chief minister Pramod Sawant. While Congress staff led by Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Girish Chodankar carried out a ‘Sadbuddhi yatra” after Sawant’s assertion within the Goa legislative meeting on Wednesday concerning the security of minors being a shared accountability between the federal government and their dad and mom, the BJP, with Sawant’s spouse Sulakshana Sawant within the lead additionally took to the streets to dis the Congress that walked out of the meeting whereas ‘important bills’ have been handed within the session that concluded Friday.
While Congress staff have been rounded up by the police close to the Sanquelim hospital. A tearful Congress employee Devsurabhi Yaduvanshi advised information channels that policewomen had manhandled her and torn her kurta.
Sawant, who stoked an issue after his assertion within the legislative meeting on July 28, had mentioned, “Ten people went to a party on the beach of which six went home and four stayed back on the beach all night – two boys and two girls. They are 14-year-old children. Parents in Goa should also think about this. They also need to take care. You cannot only blame the government and the police. If 14-15 year-olds stay on the beach all night, we need to think about this. Parents are also responsible,” Sawant had mentioned within the meeting on Wednesday.
His assertion got here after opposition MLAs introduced up “collapse of law and order” after the rape of two minor women close to Benaulim seaside in South Goa on July 25.
Later, Sawant had clarified within the meeting, “I have said that the responsibility is on both sides. We have not thrown our hands up. We are shouldering our responsibility…I did not want to hurt anybody’s sentiments and I have not discriminated against anyone. Boys and girls are equal for me. That’s why I said we need to take care of our children and the government will also do its part.”
He mentioned that it is usually necessary to teach kids. “Based on our culture, we need to inculcate different values in our children. We have to give them that sanskaar (values). If we inculcate these values, we can bring about a change in society. This society needs to change and if we can bring about that change, then there will be a change in various things like crime.”

On the bottom with BJP staff in Sanquelim on Sunday night, Sulakshana Sawant advised information channels, “Some self-proclaimed intellectuals are carrying out a sadbuddhi (wisdom) yatra for the CM. But we need to question their wisdom over other issues.”
Sulakshana Sawant mentioned, “The CM has not discriminated against any gender. All he has said is that just like it is the government’s responsibility to take care of our children, it is also that of the parents…now they (Congress) are going to teach us parenting?” She additionally advised information channels that whereas the Congress had introduced solely as many individuals as there have been fingers on the hand image, 5,000 BJP staff had gathered in help of “their beloved chief minister” in his meeting constituency.
Even because the rain didn’t forestall staff of any celebration from pouring out on the streets of Sanquelim, it appeared to have washed out social distancing norms that the federal government had suggested everybody within the state to comply with.

Chodankar mentioned that Congress staff had solely introduced flowers and candles praying that God grant sadbuddhi (knowledge) to Sawant.
Mahila Congress President Bina Naik mentioned that the CM himself must introspect over this assertion as an alternative of asking dad and mom of kids to consider their ward’s security.
While the world noticed heavy police deployment, Chodankar mentioned their staff weren’t detained by the police.