At Margao, first anti-CAA protest backed by Goa Church
At the Lohia Maidan in Margao, known as the ground zero for the fight for liberation, chants of ‘azaadi’ filled the air as thousands from all parts of Goa descended on the city on Friday to read the Preamble of the Constitution in the first Church-backed protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.…
The speakers also called on people to not look at the CAA in isolation, but along with the NRC and NPR. One of the speakers, Dr Oscar Rebello, who was at the forefront of the Goa Bachao Andolan, appealed to the crowd that the battle is “not about Muslims alone” and called the Constitution “the holy book”. He appealed to religious outfits, which run Sunday schools teaching the Bible, Quran and the Gita across the state, to take ten minutes every day to teach the Constitution. “Insaniyat is the only Bharat they (children) should know,” he said.…
PFI leader Muzaffar Shaikh said “Like BJP, we too have been going from home to home. (Home Minister) Amit Shah has said protestors can protest daily but he is not going to revoke the law. We too want to tell him, we are from the same soil, we will not retreat even a centimetre…” The speaker who got the loudest applause was Kankonkar, who said, “They keep repeating Hindus are in danger from Christians and Muslims. I want to say it aloud here, Hindus are in danger due to politics of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah.”…
