Goa: BJP govt is anti-common man, says AAP

PANAJI: AAP has castigated the BJP-led state government for demolishing the kiosks outside Goa Medical College under the cover of darkness and demanded that the vendors be rehabilitated soon.
The party said that many patients and their relatives depend on the stalls and kiosks for food, fruits and other supplies, which are either unavailable or expensive within the hospital complex.
AAP functionaries Valmiki Naik, Cecille Rodrigues, Vighnesh Apte, Dr Vibhas Prabhudesai and Ritesh Shenai had rushed to the site outside GMC on Thursday after hearing that the kiosks outside the complex had been razed.
“There had been assurances given by the local MLAs just two days ago that nothing would be demolished until there was a rehabilitation plan. So who decided to remove the stalls in the dead of the night,” Naik said.
Rodrigues slammed chief minister Pramod Sawant for destroying the livelihoods of the locals who had already suffered huge economic distress due to the pandemic.
Apte said that all the facilities within the GMC complex, from the pharmacy and the canteen to oxygen and other supplies, have been given to vendors favoured by health minister Vishwajit Rane without any process.
“This act of demolishing the kiosks will hurt not only the vendors, but also the patients and relatives who depended on these cheap sources of food and snacks,” Apte said.