{"id":6807,"date":"2026-05-19T21:12:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/?p=6807"},"modified":"2026-05-19T21:12:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:42:34","slug":"gfp-chief-vijai-slams-bjp-over-case-against-activist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/gfp-chief-vijai-slams-bjp-over-case-against-activist\/","title":{"rendered":"GFP Chief Vijai slams BJP Over Case Against Activist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Margao, May 19, 2026: GFP President Vijai Sardesai today condemned the filing of police complaints by BJP workers against activist Swapnesh Sherlekar over his alleged remarks, calling it a deliberate attempt to intimidate dissent and silence opposition voices ahead of the elections.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Instigating party cadres to file cases against activists over remarks, especially in an election year, reeks of intolerance and intimidation aimed at silencing the opposition,&#8221; Sardesai said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This reflects a troubling trend seen in BJP-ruled states that appear intent on creating an &#8216;Opposition-Mukt Goa.&#8217; Democracy cannot thrive without dissent, and voices of opposition must not be cowed into silence.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sardesai asserted that such tactics have no place in a democratic society and called for an end to the misuse of the legal system to suppress free speech.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Margao, May 19, 2026: GFP President Vijai Sardesai today condemned the filing of police complaints by BJP workers against activist Swapnesh Sherlekar over his alleged remarks, calling it a deliberate&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gaonkaari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260312-WA0046.jpg?fit=1599%2C1066&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6807"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6810,"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6807\/revisions\/6810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}