Churchill denies calling Goans ‘squealing pigs’
Offers to resign if statement proved
HERALD REPORTER
MARGAO, JUNE 14
Strongly denying that he had ever called Goans as squealing pigs, the PWD
Minister offered to resign both as an MLA and Minister if proved that he had
made the statement.
“What I had said was that the NGOs are always crying when the government takes
up development and also when there is no development. I had never compared
Goans to crying pigs. I have no right to say that”, an agitated Alemao said.
The Navelim MLA said he would never call Goans pigs and accused his political
opponent behind the campaign against him on the issue.
“If I have ever called Goans pig, I am ready to resign as an MLA. What I had
said was that in Goa, there should be a policy on housing as there are around
1000-2000 Goan builders and around two lakh workers employed in the
construction industry. Everywhere, the NGOs demand a stop on the construction
activity”, he said, adding “in Goa, Christians rear pigs and kill them. If we
go to catch pigs to rear or kill them, they don’t know why they cry”.
In the same way, he said that the NGOs are crying even when the government
tries to take up developmental project such as the bridges in his Navelim
constituency.
He blamed his political opponent from Navelim for writing letters to the Editor
in the local papers. “Goans by and large know what Churchill has done for Goa.
It is very difficult to get another Churchill. The sacrifice which I and my
family made for the Konkani language, everyone knows. People will realise my
contribution only when I leave this world”, Alemao added. “Some people even
came to Carmona with a pig. My supporters were agitated and disturbed over the
false campaign, but I advised them not to react”, he said, and reminded his
political opponents that only God and the people of Goa can finish him
politically and termed his opponents as mere “samples”.
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