PANJIM: Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker Rajendra Arlekar on Monday condemned the attack on Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Vishnu Wagh, while refusing to intervene in the matter, stating that the “attack was outside the assembly complex”.
“I condemn the attack…it’s a slap on democracy. Government has already ordered an inquiry and the investigation will take its own course. As a Speaker of the legislative assembly I cannot intervene in the matter as the attack was not within my jurisdiction. It was outside the assembly complex,” he told media persons on the sidelines of a Directorate of Agriculture function to felicitate the best farmers at the taluka level.
The awardees include Raghunath Prabhu Velgekar (Ponda), Candido Dias (Tiswadi), Vinayak Sawaikar (Sattari), Sadanand Dessai (Bicholim), Francisco Pereira (Salcete), Sadanand Narvekar (Bardez), Ana Maria Afonso (Pernem), Sita Velip (Sanguem), Shripati Sawaikar (Dharbandora), Dayanand Phaldessai (Quepem) and Raju Bhagat (Canacona).
