{"id":114112,"date":"2026-07-20T17:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=114112"},"modified":"2026-07-20T17:53:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:23:03","slug":"st-andre-mla-viresh-borkar-voices-support-for-students-and-sonam-wangchuk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=114112","title":{"rendered":"St. Andre MLA Viresh Borkar voices support for students and Sonam Wangchuk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Goa Khabar : St. Andre MLA Viresh Borkar has expressed solidarity with students, social reformer Sonam Wangchuk, and what he referred to as the &#8220;CockroachJantaParty&#8221; in their protest against what he described as injustice by the government.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, Borkar said he stands firmly with those raising concerns over the treatment of Sonam Wangchuk. He also criticized the decision to take Wangchuk to a hospital, alleging that the action was carried out unlawfully and calling for transparency and accountability from the authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20.07.2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-114099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20.07.2026.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20.07.2026-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The voices of students and citizens demanding justice deserve to be heard. Democratic rights must be respected, and any action against peaceful protesters should follow due process,&#8221; Borkar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MLA urged the government to address the concerns raised by the protesters through dialogue and to ensure that constitutional and democratic principles are upheld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further official responses from the concerned authorities were awaited at the time of publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goa Khabar : St. Andre MLA Viresh Borkar has expressed solidarity with students, social reformer Sonam Wangchuk, and what he referred to as the &#8220;CockroachJantaParty&#8221; in their protest against what he described as injustice by the government. In a statement, Borkar said he stands firmly with those raising concerns over the treatment of Sonam Wangchuk. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":114113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,155],"tags":[3794],"class_list":["post-114112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-6","category-155","tag-featured"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114112","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=114112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114114,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114112\/revisions\/114114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/114113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}