Goa Opposition members boycott LS Speaker Om Birla’s address in state Assembly

15 Jun 2023 Evaluate

The Opposition parties in Goa today boycotted Lok Sabha (LS) Speaker Om Birla’s address on ‘Vikasit Bharat 2047’ in the state Legislative Assembly.

Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao said the entire opposition decided to disassociate itself from the event as a mark of protest against Birla for not giving Congress leader Rahul Gandhi a chance to represent himself in the Lok Sabha in a 2019 criminal defamation case over the 'Modi surname remark’. Talking to reporters, the Opposition said that the BJP government is behaving like dictators and democracy has gone for a toss. The opposition parties including Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Goa Forward Party (GFP) and the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) have skipped the event. 

Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and other members of the ruling parties were present for the function.


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