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Goa Land Row: Vishwajit Rane in the Firing Line Over TCP Act Controversy

Published : Mar 27, 2025 16:34 IST - 6 MINS READ A political storm is brewing in Goa over the transfer of land from no-development zones to settlement zones, with State Town and Country Planning Minister Vishwajit Rane at its centre. After the Bombay High Court at Goa struck down Section 17 of the Town and Country Planning Act—Rane’s brainchild—on March 13, civil society activists and opposition parties have been demanding his resignation. He must be sacked.” A veteran social activist, Alvares, also said if Rane was not sacked by the Chief Minister, then the people would take the matter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rane will not go on his own.”Swapnesh SherlekarSocial activist Swapnesh Sherlekar, an engineer turned social activist who has become one of the faces of the protest against Section 17, said, “After the court verdict, any person with self-respect would have stepped down. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and the BJP’s national leadership must ask him to step down.” But Rane rejected the demand.

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