Singer Hema threatens fast for Goa

PANAJI: Singer Hema Sardesai has “threatened” the Goa government that she will fast until death if her demand for a special status to Goa was not met.

“I have never spoken untruth in my life and I am determined of the fast, if nothing is done,” Sardesai warned at a convention here.

Celebrities, including internationally-renowned pop singer Remo Fernandes, and several activists participated in the convention titled ‘Public assembly against construction, conversion and mining’.

Sardesai demanded that a special status be accorded to Goa to ensure that land is not sold outright to non-Goans.

Migrant labourers should be stopped from voting in the state and transit camps established to house them so as to avoid the mushrooming of slums, the singer said.