TMC trying to create communal trouble in Goa, pitting Hindus against Catholics: Mamledar

PANAJI: In a very strongly-worded resignation letter, former DySP of Goa police and former Ponda MLA Lavoo Mamledar hit out at the All India Trinamool Congress party (TMC) for its attempts to create communal trouble in Goa by pitting the Hindus in the state against the Catholics.

“The TMC wanted to create a rift between Hindus and Catholics in Goa by fomenting mistrust and a sense of insecurity and anger, by using certain tactics and strategy,” Mamledar told news persons after his resignation.

“The aim of the TMC was to get Christians to its side, while the Hindus would gravitate to the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak party (MGP). They were working on a plan and strategy to create a communal bias and rift in the state, in different constituencies respectively where Hindus and Christians are in majority. The TMC is worse than the BJP,” Mamledar wrote.

He also alleged that the Trinamool Congress was collecting data of Goans in the name of rolling out a welfare scheme for women in the state if it is voted to power after the elections.

Talking to reporters after resigning from the party, Mamledar said, “I had joined the TMC because I was impressed with Mamata Banerjee-led party’s performance in West Bengal (Assembly polls held earlier this year).”

“I was under the impression that TMC is a very secular party. But from whatever I have noticed in the last 15-20 days, I came to know that it is worse than the BJP,” he alleged.

He alleged that the Trinamool Congress was trying to divide Hindu and Christian votes.

“As part of their pre-poll alliance, they want that the Christian votes should go to the TMC and Hindu votes to the MGP…The TMC is a communal party, which is trying to disturb the secular fabric,” he alleged.

He accused the TMC of trying to collect the data of people in the name of its Griha Laxmi scheme, which does not exist and is only fictional on paper.

(with inputs from PTI)