Legalizing cannabis, even for medical purposes, threatens to transform Indian state ministers into âPablo Escobarsâ Leader of Indiaâs Goa Pradesh Youth Congress suggests proposed plan to allow cannabis cultivation will set the state on a road to ruin.
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AAP: BJP wants to make Goa a drug den. Why is Sawant hell bent on destroying Goan youth?
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Published: Thursday, December 31, 2020, 23:29 [IST]
Panaji, Dec 31: Aam Aadmi Party today accused the BJP government in Goa of attempting to convert Goa into a drug den after already making arrangements to convert it into a coal hub.
Briefing media persons AAP Goa Convener Rahul Mhambre said it s indeed surprising that the government is considering marijuana plantation even though the number of deaths due to drug consumption is increasing every day. Goa is already fighting the drugs nuisance. Our youth are falling prey to it. In spite of this if the Govt. goes ahead with it, it will spell doom for the next generation Goans, said Rahul.
Updated Dec 16, 2020 | 21:05 IST
Hanzel Fernandes won from Benaulim with a margin of 434 votes in an election which saw the Aam Aadmi Party increase its vote share in all Goa constituencies. Hanzel Fernandes, the AAP winner from Benaulim. | Photo Credit: Twitter
Key Highlights
The 26-year-old is a carpenter by profession and locals believe his rooted appeal helped him win the elections though he was pitted against heavyweights
The Congress candidate was a former sarpanch of Benaulim, while the Nationalist Congress Party candidate was the deputy sarpanch of Benaulim
Panaji: In a major boost to the Aam Aadmi Party’s prospects in southern India, the ruling party in Delhi won a seat in the recently-concluded Goa Zila Parishad elections after 26-year-old Hanzel Fernandes won AAP its first-ever election in the state.
Just The Beginning: Arvind Kejriwal On AAP s First Ever Win In Goa
The AAP opened its account in Hanzel Fernandes who won Benaulim seat in South Goa.
PTI 15 December 2020 PTI PTI 2020-12-15T08:22:55+05:30 Just The Beginning: Arvind Kejriwal On AAP s First Ever Win In Goa outlookindia.com 2020-12-15T08:24:08+05:30
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Monday hailed his party s maiden win in Goa Zilla Panchayat elections, which marked the first electoral history of the party in the coastal state.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa has made big gains in the Zilla Panchayat elections, winning 32 out of 49 seats on offer, while the opposition Congress performed poorly, bagging just four.