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Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) MLA Viresh Borkar, who is connected an indefinite hunger onslaught demanding the scrapping of a proviso of the Town and Country Planning Act, has been shifted to the infirmary aft his wellness deteriorated.
Opposition parties successful Goa led by Mr. Borkar person been protesting astatine Azad Maidan successful Panaji since Saturday (February 21, 2026), demanding the repeal of the Town and Country Planning Act's Section 39A, which enables the conversion of a non-settlement portion into a colony zone, paving the mode for operation activities.
Dr. Oscar Rebello, a backstage doctor, checked the wellness parameters of Mr. Borkar connected Monday nighttime (February 23, 2026) and advised that helium beryllium shifted to the hospital.
"His parameters are dropping and helium requires contiguous aesculapian attention," Dr. Rebello told the protesters, pursuing which Mr. Borkar was shifted to a adjacent backstage infirmary successful Panaji metropolis astatine night.
Earlier connected Monday (February 23, 2026), hundreds of protesters marched to the backstage residence of the State Town and Country Planning Minister, Vishwajit Rane, successful Dona Paula adjacent Panaji. They demonstrated extracurricular the Minister's location for hours earlier shifting their protestation to Azad Maidan.
Several leaders, including Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao, AAP MLA Venzy Viegas and Goa Congress vice-president Sunil Kawthankar, had joined the protestation extracurricular Mr. Rane's residence.
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant connected Monday refused to concede to the demands, portion expressing displeasure implicit the mode the protestation was held extracurricular Minister Rane's backstage residence.
