India forced the Constitution on the Gomantakiyas (Goans) : Viriato Fernandes

Anti-national statement by Viriato Fernandes, South Goa Congress candidate

Panaji, Goa – South Goa Congress candidate Viriato Fernandes while speaking at a campaign meeting has stated that India imposed the Constitution on Gomantakiyas by force. He said that such a statement was also made in front of the then Congress President Rahul Gandhi. (Inspite of this, the Congress leaders gave Viriato Fernandes the Congress nomination, thus, it can be assumed that the national leaders of the Congress also have the same thinking. – Editor)

Speaking at this campaign rally, Fernandes further said that I had asked Congress president Rahul Gandhi for dual citizenship for Gomantika people. (Portuguese people like Fernandes still feel that Goa is a Portuguese colony. That is why these people demand dual citizenship. Such people are dangerous for national unity. Wise Goans will definitely think about this statement. – Editor)

Viriato Fernandes, who made such a statement, was an Indian Navy officer. (How such a person would have served in the Indian Naval Service is worth pondering. – Editor)

Threat to democracy from Congress – Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant

Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant (Credits : AINews

Chief Minister of Goa Dr Pramod Sawant has reacted angrily to Fernandes’ statement. The Chief Minister said that the Congress candidate has dared to undermine the Constitution of India. Congress should stop this ‘Bharat Todo’ (Break India) politics. Congress is a threat to Indian democracy.

I am appalled by the comments from Congress’s South Goa candidate claiming the Indian Constitution was forcefully imposed upon Goans. Our freedom fighters believed wholeheartedly that Goa is an inseparable part of India. Congress delayed Goa’s liberation by 14 years. Now, their…

— Dr. Pramod Sawant (Modi Ka Parivar) (@DrPramodPSawant) April 22, 2024

Editorial Perspective

It would not be wrong to say that Congress hesitated to liberate Goa only because of such anti-national ideology when it came to power at the Centre after the Independence of India. The Gomantakiyas had noticed this Portuguese-style and anti-patriotic attitude of the Congress and that is why the Gomantakiyas had rejected the Congress in the general elections held after the liberation of Goa.