PANJIM: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Amit Palekar who risked his life to save Old Goa heritage site received a hero’s welcome at the public meeting in Navelim, on Sunday.
AAP national convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal personally welcomed Palekar on the stage and greets him with a warm hug. Kejriwal salutes Palekar’s bravery for putting his life on the line to save Old Goa.
Kejriwal said, “Amit has started a revolution. Don’t let this fight end here. Amit Palekar’s indefinite hunger strike is a symbolic battle to save the heritage site of Old Goa. He still has to save Goa’s politics as well. The people of Goa are very nice, honest, and hardworking. It is just the leaders who are bad. There is a need of politics cleanup. On one side some of the parties are spending crores of rupees to buy MLAs and on the other hand a leader went on a hunger strike for the Goans and to save the world heritage site.”
Palekar said, “On the fourth day of the strike, my health started detiorating; Arvind Kejriwal called me and advised to end the fast. But I refused to do so. Kejriwal who himself went on a hunger strike for 15 days, is my Guru. How I can end the fast within three days?”
