{"id":6852,"date":"2026-05-23T15:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/enough-is-enough-calls-for-massive-goa-statehood-day-gathering-at-azad-maidan\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T15:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:27:16","slug":"enough-is-enough-calls-for-massive-goa-statehood-day-gathering-at-azad-maidan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/enough-is-enough-calls-for-massive-goa-statehood-day-gathering-at-azad-maidan\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cEnough is Enough\u201d Calls for Massive Goa Statehood Day Gathering at Azad Maidan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Panaji, May 23:The Enough is Enough movement has called for a massive public gathering at Azad Maidan on May 30 at 3.30 pm marking Goa Statehood Day, demanding that the Government convene a special session of the Goa Legislative Assembly to discuss and pass the Goa Agricultural Land Protection Bill submitted by the movement to legislators.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The announcement was made during a press conference addressed by former Justice Ferdino Rebello, Adv. Norma Alvares and other members of the movement.<\/p>\n

Addressing the media, the speakers clarified that the proposed Bill is not directed against any political party but seeks to correct legislations and policies allegedly brought with \u201cpersonal interests\u201d that are harming Goa\u2019s land, environment and identity.<\/p>\n

The movement appealed to all political parties to support its \u201c10-Point Charter of Demands,\u201d stating that even opposition leaders had attended recent EiE meetings and extended support to the larger cause of protecting Goa.<\/p>\n

Former Justice Ferdino Rebello strongly criticised symbolic measures that fail to address the root issue of large-scale land destruction. \u201cDeclaring areas as No Development Zones (NDZ) when those areas are already barred from development is mere foolishness and such measures will not work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The movement also alleged that core members Swapnesh Sherlekar and Sameer Govekar are being targeted for raising public issues and questioned how activists fighting for environmental protection, anti-corruption measures and people\u2019s rights could be labelled \u201canti-national.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the law says casinos should operate in the sea, then why are they functioning in the Mandovi River?\u201d the speakers questioned while urging Goans to fight against corruption and environmental destruction.<\/p>\n

EiE stated that Goa\u2019s hills, fields and villages cannot be sacrificed in the name of unchecked development and warned that native Goans could soon become \u201cmigrants in their own land\u201d if the ongoing trend of land conversions and mega projects continues.<\/p>\n

The movement appealed to Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant to ensure that unnecessary police complaints and cases are not filed against activists and citizens participating in democratic movements.<\/p>\n

The speakers warned that if the proposed Bill is not passed during the special Assembly session, the movement would decide its future course of action.<\/p>\n

Calling upon the people of Goa to gather in large numbers on May 30, the movement stated: \u201cEnough is Enough. The time has come to send a clear message to the Government that Goa and its identity must be protected at all costs.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Enough is Enough movement has called for a massive public gathering at Azad Maidan on May 30 at 3.30 pm marking Goa Statehood Day, demanding that the Government convene a special session of the Goa Legislative Assembly to discuss and pass the Goa Agricultural Land Protection Bill.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6851,"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":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-story"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gaonkaari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8869084a-896d-4c23-ac5d-0b61ad3b7bf4-669384dcf3c5948734d68735bfaf74ee.jpg?fit=1600%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6852","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=6852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}