Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji

Panaji, Feb 9: Citing prime minister Narendra Modi that the country needs to be saved from the new FDI (Foreign destructive ideology), chief minister Pramod Sawant, in parallel with the words of the PM said that Goa has also suffered from similar designs.

"The PM Shri @NarendraModi ji has correctly said that we need to be aware of the #andolanjivi and be cautious about the new #FDI. Goa has also suffered from similar designs," Sawant tweeted.

https://daijiworld.ap-south-1.linodeobjects.com/iWeb/tvdaijiworld/images6/sharmila_090221_Sawant.jpg">

Quoting the PM in a preceding tweet he said, "A new FDI has come into the fray. The country has to be saved from this new FDI. This new FDI is Foreign Destructive Ideology," he tweeted.

Sawant's statements come on the back of largescale agitations taking social media by storm over the three contentious Centre-funded linear projects that cut across the biodiversity hotspot of Mollem.

Students, teachers, citizens, environmentalists, and forest officials have made representations to the Centre opposing the environment costing project and to preserve Goa's green reserve. However, Sawant has vowed to go through with the projects in the face of stiff opposition and said that the projects are essential for Goa's development.