46 years on, ex-CM says Centre rigged Goa 'Independence"
January 10, 2013 15:31
Fifty one years after Goa was liberated from Portuguese rule, a former Chief Minister has raked up a controversy alleging that the "opinion poll" held 46 years ago to decide on making it a separate state or merge with Maharashtra was "rigged." Shashikala Kakodkar, a former state
Chief Minister herself and daughter of Goa's first CM Dayanand Bandodkar, claimed yesterday that the "opinion poll" conducted by the Indira Gandhi-led Central government on January 16, 1967, was "rigged." Read
Chief Minister herself and daughter of Goa's first CM Dayanand Bandodkar, claimed yesterday that the "opinion poll" conducted by the Indira Gandhi-led Central government on January 16, 1967, was "rigged." Read