LOP REMINDS CM OF BIRTH CENTENARY YEAR OF KELEKAR-SARDESSAI
A person born in 1925 will have his or her 100th Birthday in 2024. BJP Government forgot 100th Birthday of Manoharbab Sardessai on 18th January 2024. Centenary of Dnyanpeeth Awardee Ravindrabab Kelekar begins on 7th March 2024. I urge Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant to observe the day with Official Function and mark begining of the Centenary Year, stated Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao.
Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant should do homework in Mathematics, stated LOP Yuri Alemao by releasing a video of Chief Minister claiming in Assembly that Centenary of Sardessai and Kelekar begins in 2025.
It appears that BJP Government is sidelining our own Goan Icons like Manoharrai Sardessai, Ravindrabab Kelekar and others. Government has no mechanism in place to maintain data of Great Goans, pointed Yuri Alemao.
We have seen Celebrations of National Heroes by BJP Government in recent past by organising mega events. Unfortunately, the same spirit and enthusiasm is not found while Celebrating Goan Icons, said Yuri Alemao.
When i raised the issue of failure of the Government to commemorate Birth Centenary of Great Goan Poet Manoharrai Sardessai in the last Assembly Session, Chief Minister tried to justify the failure by giving wrong calculations. 2024 is the begining of Centenary of persons born in 1925, claimed Yuri Alemao.
I have observed that General Administration Department nor Protocol Department has any data of Great Goans including Freedom Fighters. Department of Information & Publicity also points fingers at others. I demand to the Chief Minister to designate a Department to maintain such records, Yuri Alemao said.
There is no point in hosting Mega Events spending multiple crores. Goa Government must organise productive programmes which will help the next generations to know about the contributions of Goan Icons, said Yuri Alemao.