PORVORIM: The Opposition MLAs staged a walk out on the first day of the Eight Session of the Goa Assembly on Thursday. The Opposition raised the issue of law and order in the state, environment and the job scam and interrupted the Governor’s address when the House met. T
he Speaker warned the MLAs at which they walked out except for MLA Cruz Silva of AAP, Carlos Alvares Ferreira of the Congress and Viresh Borkar of the RG who walked out but then came back. Vijai Sardesai wearing black did a standing protest in the House by holding a placard on the job scam.
Opposition Leader Yuri Alemao wearing a black arm band pointed to the government that Kerala has 50 days sitting in a year, whereas Goa has only 2 days sitting in the last six months. They are bulldozing everything in one day he said. The Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar called out the names of Vijai Sardesai, Venzy Viegas and Opposition Leader Yuri Alemao and asked them to sit down and stop interrupting the proceedings, following which the Opposition walked out.