This Article is From Aug 31, 2016

Goa RSS Chief Should Not Have Been Sacked, Says Laxmikant Parsekar

Goa RSS Chief Should Not Have Been Sacked, Says Laxmikant Parsekar

As a swayamsevak I would say it should not have happened, Laxmikant Parsekar said. (File Photo)

Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar today expressed regret over the unceremonious removal of Subhash Velingkar as the state RSS chief.

The chief minister initially refused to comment on the sacking of Mr Velingkar, the state's most senior swayamsevak, by the RSS. But when pressed to comment as a swayamsevak himself, Mr Parsekar said, "As a swayamsevak I would say it should not have happened."

Earlier, RSS publicity head Manmohan Vaidya had said in New Delhi that Mr Velingkar had been sacked for working against the BJP-led government in Goa.

"Velingkar has been removed from his post with immediate effect for floating a political outfit and working against the Goa government," the RSS said.

Subhash Velingkar, who heads a regional language front, has been critical of the state government's medium of instruction policy in primary schools, which he claims promotes English language over regional languages like Konkani and Marathi.

Mr Velingkar in the recent past had said that the state BJP governments under Manohar Parrikar and Laxmikant Parsekar had cheated the people on the issue of medium of instruction.

He had also warned that the BJP may lose the 2017 Assembly elections because of this reason.

Mr Velingkar was also accused of showing black flags to BJP President Amit Shah during the latter's visit to the state on August 20.
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