Attempts to create communal tension in Goa in recent past: CM Parsekar

Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Saturday said there have been attempts to disrupt the communal harmony in the state in the recent past.

"Goa has had communal harmony since the liberation (from Portuguese rule) but in the recent past there have been attempts to disrupt it," Parsekar told a gathering on the occasion of Goa Legislators Day on Saturday. The chief minister, however, didn't specify who was making "such attempts".

"I appeal to my fellow colleagues, former ministers, legislators to guide the government on its policies, and also help in tackling the forces attempting to create communal discord," he said.

Parsekar said his government will take along the former legislators in the matters of governance.

The former legislators being experienced should intervene in the issues which have the potential to create communal discord, he said. The Legislators Day is held to mark the commencement of first Assembly session of Goa on January 9, 1964.