{"id":109007,"date":"2026-01-13T18:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=109007"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:29:21","slug":"aap-mla-capt-venzy-viegas-slams-bjp-over-hollow-nationalism-questions-rss-participation-in-freedom-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=109007","title":{"rendered":"AAP MLA Capt. Venzy Viegas slams BJP over hollow nationalism questions RSS participation in freedom struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Goa Khabar : AAP MLA from Benaulim Capt. Venzy Viegas launched a strong attack on the BJP government during the discussion on Vande Mataram in the Goa Assembly, questioning the BJP\u2013RSS\u2019s moral authority to speak on nationalism.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Speaking to the Chair, Capt. Venzy asked the BJP benches: \u201cWhen Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh raised the slogan Vande Mataram, where were your forefathers? When Shaheed Sukhdev, Rajguru were chanting Vande Mataram and going to jail, being beaten with batons \u2014 where was the RSS?\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He challenged the BJP to name even four RSS members who were jailed for raising Vande Mataram. \u201cYou cannot name even four. History clearly records that for 52 years the RSS did not allow the Indian tricolour to be hoisted at its headquarters. When three citizens hoisted the national flag at the RSS office, FIRs were filed against them. Their only \u2018crime\u2019 was hoisting the tricolour,\u201d Venzy said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Taking the debate further, the AAP MLA exposed BJP\u2019s hypocrisy on nationalism. \u201cInside this Assembly, BJP speaks about Vande Mataram. Outside, they destroy our motherland. They destroy hills, forests and villages while pretending to love the nation,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Referring to the line \u2018Sujalam Sufalam\u2019 from Vande Mataram, Capt. Venzy remarked: \u201cThe song speaks of a land rich in water and prosperity. But under BJP rule, Goa is facing water shortages. BJP has failed to protect our rivers \u2014 Sal, Mandovi and Mhadei are being destroyed. This is BJP\u2019s idea of Sujalam Sufalam.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He further attacked the BJP on corruption and governance failures. \u201cThe BJP talks about nationalism, but allows blatant corruption in Goa. This corruption has cost the lives of at least 25 innocent Goans. Is this their patriotism?\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Capt. Venzy concluded by stating that real nationalism means protecting people, land, rivers and lives \u2014 not hiding behind slogans.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cA party that opposed the tricolour for decades has no moral right to lecture this House on Vande Mataram,\u201d he asserted.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">AAP reiterated that it will continue to expose BJP\u2019s hypocrisy and fight for genuine patriotism rooted in justice, honesty and protection of Goa.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goa Khabar : AAP MLA from Benaulim Capt. Venzy Viegas launched a strong attack on the BJP government during the discussion on Vande Mataram in the Goa Assembly, questioning the BJP\u2013RSS\u2019s moral authority to speak on nationalism. Speaking to the Chair, Capt. Venzy asked the BJP benches: \u201cWhen Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh raised the slogan Vande [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":104817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,6],"tags":[3794],"class_list":["post-109007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-155","category-6","tag-featured"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109008,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109007\/revisions\/109008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/104817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}