After midnight drama, Goa Cong burn’s Javadekar’s effigy (2nd Ld)

Panaji, Oct 3 : The Congress in Goa on Saturday burnt an effigy of Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar while protesting against the detention of nearly a dozen opposition party workers.
The Congress workers were detained following their protest outside a city five-star resort demanding a meeting with Javadekar on Friday night.
The workers, including the Vice President of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC), Sankalp Amonkar, were detained by the police in Panaji while they were protesting outside the resort where Javadekar was staying for the night. The incident occurred just after midnight on Friday.
Javadekar is in Goa to conduct meetings with farmers’ groups over the controversial farm Bills which were passed by the Parliament recently.
“Jungle raj in Goa — @INCGoa delegation led by Vice-President @SankalpAmonkar @JanaBhandariGoa @varadmardolkar @AdvArchitNaik @RautMeghashyam @SudinNaikGoa and 10 others arrested by @DGP_Goa for seeking appointment with @PrakashJavdekar and waiting to meet him in hotel lobby in Panaji,” Goa Congress chief Girish Chodankar tweeted.
Speaking to reporters, even as the opposition party workers were being taken away to the police station, Amonkar said the Congress delegation had arrived at the hotel to meet Javadekar and seek a formal appointment to discuss the Mhadei interstate river water-sharing issue.