Villagers of Melaulim and surrounding areas claimed that the process adopted by the BJP government for the identification and acquisition of the land is illegal and faulty.
Talking to NH over the phone, Chodankar said that Congress activists and local leaders are being targeted for opposing incidents of ‘illegal’ land grabbing. “But the BJP govt will not succeed in suppressing our voice,” he said.
Convenor of the Goa Congress, Trajano D’mello, said, “This act of showing compassion, a basic human instinct, is being crushed by this autocratic govt.”
