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"Mother tongue as MOI is a demand of common people, and "Mother tongue as MOI is a demand of common people, andthey (the BJP government in the state) should fulfill it asthey are running the government from the taxes paid by commonman," Behre said. Velingkar was "relieved" as Goa RSS chief on August 31after BBSM hinted at its intent to launch a political party totake on BJP in the 2017 Goa Assembly polls. His supporters had detached themselves from the RSS’Konkan prant, and had formed the ‘Goa prant’, which the RSSleadership had refused to recognise. He has been spearheading a hectic campaign for the primacyof regional languages like Konkani and Marathi as MOI inschools and wanted the BJP government to stop support toEnglish medium schools. Velingkar has locked horns with the BJP government headedby Laxmikant Parsekar over the issue, with members of hisoutfit even showing black flags to party chief Amit Shahduring a recent visit to the state. He recently said the "Sangh unit" in the coastal statewill function "independently", at least till the Assemblypolls. However, RSS had been quick to debunk him, saying noneof its units can dissociate itself from the outfit. PTI RPS DKNMSMJ