{"id":8794,"date":"2026-09-07T13:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T07:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/chodankar-slams-sawant-govt-over-police-presence-at-students-protest\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T13:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T07:30:05","slug":"chodankar-slams-sawant-govt-over-police-presence-at-students-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaonkaari.com\/mr\/chodankar-slams-sawant-govt-over-police-presence-at-students-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Chodankar Slams Sawant Govt Over Police Presence at Students\u2019 Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Panaji, 7 September: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Girish Chodankar has strongly criticised Chief Minister Pramod Sawant over the deployment of police in connection with a protest by 16-year-old students seeking continuation of their teachers as examinations approach.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chodankar said the students were peacefully raising a genuine concern about the transfer of their teachers and were not protesting against the government.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents asking for their teachers are not a law-and-order problem. They deserve dialogue, understanding and answers, not intimidation,\u201d Chodankar said.<\/p>\n

He questioned the government\u2019s sensitivity in responding to students\u2019 concerns with police presence instead of engaging with them and addressing their apprehensions over the impact of teacher transfers on their studies ahead of examinations.<\/p>\n

\u201cGen Z is speaking. Gen Alpha is questioning. But the Sawant Government simply refuses to listen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Chodankar also targeted Sawant in his capacities as Home Minister and Education Minister. He alleged that the government had failed to effectively tackle drugs, crime and shooting incidents, while the Education Department was now failing to take decisions that safeguard students\u2019 academic interests.<\/p>\n

Calling the episode another example of the government\u2019s failure to listen to young voices, Chodankar said Goa\u2019s students deserved a more sensitive and responsive administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoa\u2019s children deserve better,\u201d the GPCC President said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Girish Chodankar has strongly criticised Chief Minister Pramod Sawant over the deployment of police in connection with a protest by 16-year-old students seeking continuation of their teachers as examinations approach.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8793,"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-8794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-story"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t