Make me Goa CM for 10 days, I will stop rave parties: Opposition MLA

A Goa opposition MLA a former cabinet minister has dared Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to make him a CM for 10 days to put an end to rave parties in the coastal stateRave parties are back in the buzz in Goa especially after the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB on Saturday busted a beachside rave outside a popular beach shack and seized a variety of drugs arresting five persons including a Swiss national in the process for possession of drugsDays after the raid Goa Forward MLA Vinod Palienkar from Siolim assembly constituency home to beach villages like Anjuna Vagator Chapora which are popular rave party hubs has now said that Sawant did not have the political will to crack down on rave parties which are fuelled by drug tradeThe police know everything Rave parties have been going on relentlessly in Goa especially in my constituency The Chief Minister lacks the political will to crack down on them because the drug trade is linked to his political party Palienkar a former Fisheries Minister saidMake me a CM for 10 days see how I will put an end to all this Locals as well as foreigners are involved If need be I will form a team of 40 to 50 people and start it myself shutting down raves Palienkar further saidRave parties have been the norm in North Goas coastal belt since the heyday of the hippies in the 1960s Once casual affairs often organised at whim by beach village congregations of hippies rave parties are now an organised business with handbills social media advertising blitzes preceding such eventsThe common use of drugs by rave party revellers and loud thumping music which stretches through the night has however caused consternation among a section of residents of beach villages like Anjuna Chapora Vagator Morjim Arambol etcWhile recurring complaints about rave parties have been reported to the police the lack of action on the part of the uniformed executive has often resulted in social tension in parts of coastal GoaLast weeks bust of a rave party by the Narcotics Control Bureau team organised by a popular beach shack near Anjuna beach has however brought the issue back in the limelightThe NCB raid has exposed the duplicity of the Goa Police which has failed to crack down on rave parties which are being regularly held Palienkar addedChief Minister Pramod Sawant however said that he has given a free hand to the AntiNarcotics Cell of the Goa Police to crack down on drug tradeI have given a free hand to the narcotics cell We want Goa to be drugfree I want to arrest those linked to drugs as Home Minister Sawant saidResponding specifically to a query related to rave parties the Chief Minister said Action will be taken against all illegalitiesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever