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Rasta Roko at Porvorim
with shashikala Kakodkar, ex CM, Monhar Parrikar EX CM and present oppositon leader etc on 27th May 2011
BBSM blocked the national highway at Porvorim
Several BBSM supporters including Opposition Leader Manohar Parrikar, Mandrem MLA Laxmikant Parsekar, Bicholim MLA Rajesh Patnekar, Mayem MLA Anant Shet and Saligao MLA Dilip Parulekar sat on the road at O’Coqueiro junction at around 9 am, blocking Panjim, Mapusa and Saligao bound vehicular traffic.
Chaotic scenes were witnessed as hundreds of vehicles choked NH-17 and internal roads of Porvorim plateau. Police had a tough time controlling traffic.
Later, BBSM Convenor Shashikala Kakodkar in her speech condemned the State Government for its decision offering grants to English Primary schools and announced that as a first step towards its agitation, BBSM has decided to observe ‘Goa Bandh’ on June 6.
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A group of protestors blocked the national highway in Goa to protest the state government's decision to give grants to schools where English is the medium of instruction, saying it will be a death knell for regional languages.
The agitators, who are part of the Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM), blocked the national highway at Porvorim, 30 km from here.
If the Congress-led coalition government does not roll back its decision than we will be forced to have a mass agitation, said Shashikala Kakodkar, former chief minister and convenor of BBSM, threatening an all-Goa bandh June 6.
The debate in Goa comes against the backdrop of the central Right to Education (RTE) Act, which envisions the childs mother tongue - in Goas case largely Konkani or Marathi -- as the medium of instruction. The act is scheduled to be ratified in the state legislative assembly soon.
Until Wednesday, the Goa government offered aid and grants only to schools in which Konkani or Marathi is used to teach. A cabinet decision May 25, allowed English schools to avail government grants
Rasta Roko at Porvorim
with shashikala Kakodkar, ex CM, Monhar Parrikar EX CM and present oppositon leader etc on 27th May 2011
BBSM blocked the national highway at Porvorim
Several BBSM supporters including Opposition Leader Manohar Parrikar, Mandrem MLA Laxmikant Parsekar, Bicholim MLA Rajesh Patnekar, Mayem MLA Anant Shet and Saligao MLA Dilip Parulekar sat on the road at O’Coqueiro junction at around 9 am, blocking Panjim, Mapusa and Saligao bound vehicular traffic.
Chaotic scenes were witnessed as hundreds of vehicles choked NH-17 and internal roads of Porvorim plateau. Police had a tough time controlling traffic.
Later, BBSM Convenor Shashikala Kakodkar in her speech condemned the State Government for its decision offering grants to English Primary schools and announced that as a first step towards its agitation, BBSM has decided to observe ‘Goa Bandh’ on June 6.
II
A group of protestors blocked the national highway in Goa to protest the state government's decision to give grants to schools where English is the medium of instruction, saying it will be a death knell for regional languages.
The agitators, who are part of the Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM), blocked the national highway at Porvorim, 30 km from here.
If the Congress-led coalition government does not roll back its decision than we will be forced to have a mass agitation, said Shashikala Kakodkar, former chief minister and convenor of BBSM, threatening an all-Goa bandh June 6.
The debate in Goa comes against the backdrop of the central Right to Education (RTE) Act, which envisions the childs mother tongue - in Goas case largely Konkani or Marathi -- as the medium of instruction. The act is scheduled to be ratified in the state legislative assembly soon.
Until Wednesday, the Goa government offered aid and grants only to schools in which Konkani or Marathi is used to teach. A cabinet decision May 25, allowed English schools to avail government grants