Team Herald
POINGUINIM: Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) members waved black flags at Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in Canacona on Wednesday for allegedly failing to resolve their grievances.
Parrikar was in Canacona to address a BJP workers’ meeting at a hotel in Rajbagh on Wednesday evening, and on his way there, local BBSM members waved black flags at his convoy, which included local MLA and Sports Minister Ramesh Tawadkar.
The protesters claimed that Parrikar had repeatedly promised to resolve their grievances, but failed to fulfill the same.
According to sources, the BJP workers’ meeting lasted for about half-an-hour, after which Parrikar made a hasty retreat.
, with security guards and policemen escorting him.
