‘Nehru’s indecisiveness prolonged Goa’s liberation’

Goan public has to choose between the Congress or the BJP, says Amit Shah

Raising the pitch against the Congress ahead of the Goa Assembly election, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said had Jawaharlal Nehru’s leadership been decisive, Goa would have been liberated in 1947 itself instead of being freed of the Portuguese yoke in 1961.

In his second campaign tour of the coastal State, which goes to polls on February 14, Mr. Shah said Goa’s public has only two options to choose from — the Congress under Rahul Gandhi’s leadership or the BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“History is witness that if PM Nehru had acted decisively, then Goa would have been liberated much earlier, in August 1947 itself… India is celebrating its 75th anniversary while Goa its diamond jubilee. A lot of time went in securing Goa’s liberation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday raised the issue in Parliament of who was responsible for Goa’s delayed liberation,” said the Home Minister, addressing a public rally in Bicholim in North Goa.