Harish Volvoikar, a journalist was banned from entering the precincts of the Goa legislative assembly on Monday, two days after he sent a message regarding Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s ill-health and later retracted it.
On the first day of the budget session, Volvoikar, who runs GoaJunction.com, was stopped by the security personnel.
“I am not being allowed to enter the assembly complex, arbitrarily. I have the required security pass to enter the assembly complex as I have been (having) for the last few years,” Volvoikar said to reporters at the assembly complex.
Atmaram Barve, Officer on Special Duty to the Goa Speaker Pramod Sawant over the issue, also had a confrontation with the journalist. Barve, however, did not deny barring Volvoikar from the assembly complex.
“We will discuss with the Speaker,” he said.
When questioned about the reasons why Volvoikar was barred from entering the assembly complex Speaker Pramod Sawant said, “Who is he?”