“Mere an announcement about Reservation of Seats for ST Community will garner support from Christian Gawda Community. This will in-turn help the party to secure its win in South Goa Lok Sabha Elections”. This content of the letter of Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant written to Home Minister Amit Shah on 4th July 2023 provided in Assembly today exposes that the BJP Government wanted to only take Political Advantage, charged Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao.
Referring to the Documents provided to the written replies to Legislative Assembly Questions by the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant who also holds Tribal Welfare Portfolio, Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao said that Dr Pramod Sawant himself has exposed the hidden agenda of BJP.
There are various instances to prove that BJP has always remained Anti-Scheduled Tribes. They did not do anything for almost 11 years to give Political Reservations to ST. Government forced Adjournment of the Question Hours during the first two days of the Current Session on the issue of Political Reservations to Scheduled Tribes. Central Funds for Welfare of ST has remained un-utilized in last many years, said Yuri Alemao.
The Letter sent by the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant to the Home Minister Amit Shah was just a face-saving exercise after coming under pressure from the ST Community as well as Congress Party. The content of the letter speaks for themselves and expose the opportunism of the BJP, stated Yuri Alemao.
Congress Party is committed to protect the interest of the Schedule Tribe Community of Goa. We will continue with our efforts to pressurize the Government to resolve the long pending issue and give Political Reservations to Schedule Tribes in Goa before 2027 Assembly Elections said Yuri Alemao.