The Goa Government should take a leaf out of the book of Kerala, in the wake of a situation where four fishermen were killed and another two still missing, after a coast guard ship rammed into them on the high seas.
Pointing to the sense of ‘self pride’ that he said Kerala displayed in the wake of two of their fishermen being shot by marines on board an Italian oil tanker, Opposition independent legislator Vijai took the Government to task for its ‘improper’ handling of the issue.
“Why don’t we have the sense of self prideIJ We should be like Kerala, which spared no effort to go after the marines,” Sardessai said.
Coastguard officials manning an Indian Coast Guard ‘Vaibhav’ ship that rammed into a trawler off Goa last week in the wee hours of April 25, while the trawler was anchored and the fishermen sleeping. Of the 29 fishermen on board, five have been confirmed dead, while two are still missing.