Panaji Aug 14 (IANS) Likening Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to the mythical demon king Ravana former state RSS chief Subhash Velingkar on Monday said Goa was de-nationalised far more under the Parrikar-led BJP regime over five years than during 451 years of Portuguese colonial regime.
In a video address uploaded on social media on Monday Velingkar made an appeal to the voters of Panaji by-poll to back the candidature of Anand Shirodkar of the Goa Suraksha Manch a party which is mentored by the former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) state Sanghachalak.
"We know the Ram versus Ravana war was tough one-of-a-kind battle. Ravana was blessed with all and Ram fought the battle with valour without even wearing footwear. This is one of a kind of war " Velingkar said while describing the electoral contest in Panaji where Parrikar a five-time sitting MLA former Defence Minister and four-time Chief Minster is taking on a Shirodkar who runs a local business.
Girish Chodankar is the Congress candidate for the by-poll.
"From 2012 with his faulty disruptive politics Parrikar managed to de-nationalise Goa and Goans to a greater degree than the Portuguese could manage over 450 years of colonial rule " Velingkar said.
"No one has personal enmity against Manohar Parrikar but his politics has disrupted Goa s social and cultural life. This kind of politics has to be destroyed " Velingkar added.
The by-poll was necessitated after the former Defence Minister s hurried return to state politics in March to form a coalition government following the state assembly polls.
Velingkar said Parrikar was one of the "rising stars of hope" within the Sangh but once he came to power his "selfish personality-oriented politics" turned counter-productive to the BJP and the state.
"He disrupted the collective style of working and he killed the party to ensure that a system where only one person decides evolves. He did not allow alternative leadership to flourish and whenever such leadership emerged he ensured that it was stunted " Velingkar said.
"Goans had a lot of hope and expectations from him (Parrikar) to defeat and purify the perverted politics of the Congress...but Parrikar only furthered politics of perversion " Velingkar said adding that there was an "atmosphere of terror" in the by-poll-bound state capital.
--IANS
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