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Time of India
2 days ago
- Health
- Time of India
Sack Rane, he has habit of insulting doctors: Congress
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant should immediately sack health minister Vishwajit Rane for abusing and threatening the casualty medical officer at GMC, said Congress workers on Sunday. Congress also demanded that Goa Police file a police complaint against Rane for threatening, abusing, and verbally attacking a doctor on duty. 'We demand that the chief minister of Goa file a complaint under Section 504 against Rane. The health minister should be charged for issuing a threat to a duty doctor in charge. Rane should be sacked from all his ministerial posts, and he should be arrested and put in jail,' said Congress workers. 'There is also a high court judgement that says that the ministers have no jurisdiction to issue suspension orders against a doctor,' said state Congress president Amit Patkar. Patkar further said that doctors and patients have a right to privacy in hospital wards, and ministers are not authorised to click pictures or shoot videos inside medical facilities. The GPCC chief was reacting to an incident involving Rane and a duty doctor at the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC). 'If a patient has to visit GMC for a B12 injection, then it is a failure of govt,' Patkar said, adding that this incident reflects a larger problem of misgovernance in the health department. 'This is not the first time that Rane has done this. He illegally suspended Dr Pradeep Naik in the past as well,' he added. Describing Rane's behaviour as criminal, Patkar said that the minister has made it a habit of routinely targeting govt employees in various departments. Congress has given state govt a 72-hour deadline to act. 'We are prepared to hit the streets,' Patkar said.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Double-tracking: Congress slams govt for not backing locals
Panaji: Congress criticised govt and the police for backing South Western Railway and Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd instead of supporting Goans who are fighting for their land. Congress state president Amit Patkar said that by registering an FIR against the Velsao-Pale-Issorcim sarpanch, Maria Diana Gouveia, govt proved it is not concerned about locals. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Gouveia had issued a stop work order to RVNL and ordered it to halt the dumping of mud and construction material on private land for the double-tracking project. 'Goans are facing injustice because SWR, RVNL, through its contractor Surya Constructions, along with Pramod Sawant's police, are harassing Goans,' said Patkar. 'Today, if a Goan wants to protect his or her property, if the village's sarpanch goes to ask questions and issues a stop work order to the contractor, the police file an FIR against the Goans and sarpanch.' Patkar said the high court on April 24, had issued a stop work order against RVNL, saying that evidence indicated that the Railways are 'encroaching into the petitioner's private property'. The SWR informed the court that the proposed work was stopped. Patkar said chief minister Pramod Sawant is going against former chief minister Manohar Parrikar's 2013 stance on double-tracking. 'RVNL has not done any land acquisition; it has not got any authorisation, and yet it is encroaching into people's land, cutting trees, and filling land illegally for double tracking,' said Patkar.
New Indian Express
4 days ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Activist Medha Patkar stopped at Odisha's Rayagada station on way to anti-mining meet
BHAWANIPATNA/BERHAMPUR: Activist Medha Patkar was on Thursday stopped at Raygada railway station by police and not allowed to proceed to attend a meeting at Singer where she was scheduled to attend a meeting organised by anti-mining protesters. She along with farmer leader Lingaraj and tribal rights activist Narendra Mohanty later left for Berhampur with police escorts. The activist was supposed to attend a meeting at Sunger Haat organised by Ma Mati Mali Surakshya Manch of Thuamul-Rampur on the day. The manch has been opposed to bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri region. On Wednesday, the Rayagada collector Parul Patwari had issued an order basing on the report of the superintendent of police (SP) that an anti-mining dharna at Sunger could lead to law and order situation. When Patkar sought to know why she and her associates were stopped, police presented the order of the collector which prohibited 24 persons from entering or remaining present in Rayagada for a period of two months and taking part in any form of protest. En route to Berhampur, Patkar said over phone it was unjust and unconstitutional on part of the administration to bar them from joining the tribals for the World Environment Day celebration. 'We were not going to protest against anybody or create disturbance. We should listen to different opinions. Why is there PESA Act and Fifth Schedule of Constitution then?,' she asked.
Time of India
5 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Medha Patkar ‘stopped' from attending Rayagada meeting
Koraput: Environmentalist Medha Patkar (71) was allegedly detained by police at Rayagada railway station on Thursday morning over fears of law and order disruption, shortly after she arrived in Rayagada district. She was supposed to attend a public meeting at Hatpada field in Sunger under Kashipur block in protest against proposed mining activities at Sijimali bauxite mines. "We had inputs that her presence could trigger law and order problems as there were groups opposing her en route to Kashipur. She was requested not to proceed to the meeting and she left the town without any untoward incident being reported," said KKBK Kanhar, IIC of Rayagada police station. The meeting, organised by local outfit "Maa Mati Mali Surakhya Mancha" on World Environment Day , was aimed at raising awareness about environment degradation and tribal rights. According to Patkar, the authorities showed her an order issued by the Rayagada district administration listing over 25 people, including her, who were barred from entering the area. "I was stopped from participating in the meeting by the police. They showed us an order claiming that we had come to incite people. But my objective was to create awareness about the PESA Act and other tribal rights issues," said Patkar.
Hans India
5 days ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Activist Medha Patkar denied entry into Rayagada district in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Noted activist Medha Patkar was denied entry into Odisha's Rayagada district on Thursday. She was slated to join a dharna protest in the district's Kashipur block against the Sijimali bauxite mining project, coinciding with World Environment Day. When Patkar arrived at Rayagada Railway station at around 4 a.m. on Thursday, the police officials detained her and other activists at the station, citing law and order issues. Patkar and other activists were later sent to Berhampur by the Rayagada Police. The district administration has reportedly issued a notice on Wednesday barring the entry and stay of two dozen activists including Patkar, Prafulla Samantara, Narendra Mahanty, Lingaraj Azad, etc. in Rayagada district for a period of two months. The said activists have also been barred from participating in or instigating any form of protest, Dharana or unlawful assemblies in Kashipur block and adjoining areas. 'There is a reasonable apprehension that, their movement and presence in the Rayagada District may lead to deterioration of law and order, disturb public peace and hinder the smooth conduct of administrative affairs and developmental process in the district,' reads the order reportedly issued by Parul Patawari, the Rayagada District collector. The district administration also clamped Section 163(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), that replaced section 144 of CrPC in the Dharna area at Sunger Haat in Kashipur block of Rayagada. Meanwhile, Patkar told reporters that she is not a terrorist and her presence wouldn't pose a threat to the public. She further added that the activists are not against development but this should be done in a sustainable manner. A local outfit, Ma Mati Mali Surakhya Mancha, has been protesting against the proposed bauxite mining at Sijimali for the past couple of months. Patkar is supposed to attend two separate programmes in Berhampur and Bhubaneswar on June 6 and 7, respectively.
