01 Dec 2021  |   12:58am IST

Congress alleges a minister in BJP cabinet involved in atrocities and rape against a woman

Congress alleges a minister in BJP cabinet involved in atrocities and rape against a woman

Goa Congress on Tuesday alleged that a minister in the Pramod Sawant BJP Cabinet was involved in atrocities and rape against a woman. Addressing a press conference, GPCC President Girish Chodankar said the minister, whom he refused to name, was using his position to sexually exploit the woman continuously. Congress gave Chief Minister Pramod Sawant 15 days to sack the minister and set up an inquiry against him.

Elaborating further, Girish said a person had shown him clips of video footage, audio chats and photos of the minister involved in the acts. He claimed that a second person also showed him similar footage about the minister, but both refused to share the content with him.

Girish also alleged that Chief Minister Pramod Sawant knows about the videos and photos. Even when the minister does such acts, he continues in the Cabinet, Girish added. He further alleged that the Chief Minister has instead of sacking the minister searched such content, and has tried to destroy it and he has even used the police to do so.

“When there are so many atrocities, the CM should have called the minister and asked him to resign and if he refuses, he should have sacked him,” Girish told a press conference.

Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress President Beena Naik said ladies are not safe when there are such cabinet ministers. The CM is trying to protect this minister who is allegedly involved in atrocities and rape by removing(destroying) the videos, she alleged. She appealed to the CM to immediately sack the minister involved. “He has created fear in the constituency. He had earlier said that if you don’t support the BJP, I will take action against you,”Beena alleged. If no action is taken against the minister, we will come out on the roads, she warned the government.

Royla Fernandes said that earlier the govt was raping the land, now the govt is raping the women.

 

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