After Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar’s statement in Chennai about the Centre’s intention to lift the ban on ‘Jallikattu’, a popular bull taming sport in Tamil Nadu, Goans want the Union government to have a relook at a similar sport, ‘Dhirio’, famous in Goa, which was banned for infliction of pain and suffering on bulls.
The BJP’s Lok Sabha members from Goa and the Congress’s Rajya Sabha member should take the initiative to convince Mr. Javadekar in this regard, said Independent MLA from Fatorda in South Goa Vijay Sardesai.
He said the BJP had not only got an absolute majority at the State level but also had the numbers in the Lok Sabha. Hence, Mr. Sardesai urged south Goa MP Narendra Sawaikar to take the lead in convincing his party’s Ministers to accord the same sympathy to the Goan Dhirio.
