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Chief Minister Pramod Sawant (File)
DAYS after Chief Minister Pramod Sawant blamed Jawaharlal Nehru for the 14-year delay in the liberation of Goa from Portuguese rule, the Goa chapter of Dakshinayan Abhiyaan has written to President Ram Nath Kovind, pointing out that the upcoming 60th anniversary celebrations “may be used to tarnish the image” of the former Prime Minister.
Damodar Mauzo, president of the Goa unit of Abhiyaan, also accused Sawant, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan of initiating a misinformation campaign.
President Kovind is scheduled to arrive in Goa on December 19 and declare a one-year celebration to commemorate 60 years of Goa liberation since 1961.