In what is the clearest admission yet that the Goa Home Ministry will not allow the notorious Sri Rama Sene to set up a branch in the State, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Goa legislative Assembly on Wednesday, that the Government was in no mood to do so.
Parrikar said this in a written reply tabled on Wednesday in response to a question by the ruling BJP MlA Vishnu Wagh during the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Goa legislative Assembly. The Chief Minister, however, also said that there was “no concrete evidence” to prove that Muthalik was attempting to create a communal divide in the State.
The issue of the Sene, known for ransacking a pub in Mangalore and attacking young men and women there, starting a branch in Goa had been heavily debated by politicians as well as civil society here. Muthalik had said that he would set up shop in Goa to hit at Western culture or “pub culture” in the State, which is known as the night-life capital in the country.
Muthalik had also said that he would distribute swords and Bhagwad Gitas to Hindus, exhorting them to use the weapon if needed. Earlier, the police refused to act against him citing lack of proper evidence despite there being a complaint filed by the Opposition Congress.
