Overview
- RGP MLA Viresh Borkar ended a six-day hunger strike after the North Goa collector delivered a letter suspending Section 39A proposals in the St Andre constituency.
- Chief Minister Pramod Sawant assured that the three FIRs against agitators would not be pursued and that a debate on scrapping Section 39A will be taken up in the upcoming Assembly session.
- Police have filed three FIRs linked to the protests, including a complaint alleging theft of 10 Regional Plan 2021 reference files from the TCP office, a claim supporters dispute citing police presence and CCTV coverage.
- Borkar and supporter Tushar Gawas were admitted to a Panaji hospital after the fast ended, and the Chief Minister visited them on Friday.
- Warning that protests will resume if repeal does not follow, Borkar submitted four private members’ bills, including one to scrap Section 39A and others to bolster land protection and gram sabha powers.