Goa: Chiding the State authorities for beginning a motion that Goa doesn’t have wealth, Goa Ahead president and Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai mentioned that it’s meant to privatise the wealth of Goa.
Sardesai made the assertion whereas talking at a perform to unveil the knowledge board on Bernard Peres da Silva at Neura on Monday. The perform was organised by Heritage Join Crew.
“Our authorities says that Portuguese looted our wealth when they don’t realise that Goa’s wealth is its strategic location. Additional, the federal government has began a motion stating that Goa doesn’t have wealth as they’re promoting our ports, rivers, hills to corporates. They wish to privatise wealth of Goa and persuade those who we should not have wealth anymore which is fake,” Sardesai knowledgeable.
“Our location is our wealth. Why is Model Goa promoting immediately? It’s due to its individuals, heritage, geography, historical past,” he added.
Talking on Bernard Peres da Silva, Sardesai mentioned he was the one Goan to turn out to be governor throughout Portuguese rule.
“He fought for democracy throughout his time. That is our heritage, that is our wealth and we have to protect it,” he mentioned and added that the BPS membership is known as after him.
St Andre MLA Viresh Borkar mentioned there are totally different heritage websites within the constituency that are being uncared for.
“There’s the Raja Soundekar’s palace in Curca, the fort wall, and many others. These heritage websites are all uncared for,” Borkar knowledgeable and said that he has already highlighted the identical within the Meeting for recognising these websites as heritage websites in order that they’re preserved for posterity.
Historian Prof Prajal Sakhardande said that Pereira was governor for less than 17 days i.e. from January 14 to February 1, 1835.
“However throughout this small interval, he tried to herald a variety of reforms. He additionally tried to reveal corruption as a consequence of which he was overthrown,” he added and said that each Goan, each politician ought to find out about this nice character.
Azmane HS headmaster Dinesh Santineskar, former Azossim-Mandur sarpanch Ajit Bacal and others have been current.
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