The SEZ Virodhi Manch has urged Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh to take cognisance of the mass anti-SEZ movement taking shape in Goa and direct the Chief Minister to work towards the immediate withdrawal of the SEZ policy in Goa.
In a memorandum forwarded via the Secretariat, the Manch drew attention of the Prime Minister to the peaceful protests against the notified and the proposed SEZs in GoaSaying that the SVM is a people’s movement against SEZ in Goa and is totally non-partisan, the Manch said the decision of the State Government to introduce 16 SEZs in a small State of Goa is without doubt detrimental to the future of Goa and its people.
“Information obtained through RTI reveals that no impact assessment or any feasibility study was done before sending the SEZs for approval to the Central Government. The people of Goa are strongly opposed to SEZs in Goa and will always reiterate their demands with a resounding No to SEZs”, the Manch said.
The Manch further drew attention of the Prime Minister that despite mass mobilisation and a collective opposition of the people of Goa against SEZ, the Congress-led government has shown total apathy towards the concerns of the common people. “The apathy of the government has only resolved the people towards further action. We may not appear to be able to forecast what course of action this movement will take, but we remain strongly convinced and resolved that the people of Goa will oppose the establishment of any SEZs in Goa and will fight towards the scrapping of all the existing SEZs by all means, even if means risking our own very lives”, added Manch convenor Charles Fernandes.
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