BJP govt is sidelining non-BJP representatives, says AAP MLA

Panaji: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s Velim MLA Cruz Silva has alleged that the district-level committee’s meeting on Saturday for Velim village under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) was held without the presence of the sarpanch and the zilla panchayat member.
Instead, Savio Rodrigues, who contested on the BJP ticket from Velim in the last assembly polls and lost, was invited for the official meeting, Silva said. He further questioned the move of inviting Rodrigues while the elected representatives of the village and the constituency themselves were ignored.
The MLA has asked the South Goa collector to ensure that the protocol is followed for official meetings and state funds are not used to favour the ruling dispensation.