CM Pramod Sawant said the Goa government will urge the Centre to approach the Supreme Court to protect the interests of the Scheduled Tribe community amid legal hurdles to ST reservation in the Goa Legislative Assembly.In a post on X, Sawant said the State had consistently pursued the issue with the Centre, leading to the enactment of a law in favour of the community. “However, the legal impediments caused due to the court cases will be seriously pursued before the Govt of India and the Central Government will be urged to approach the Hon’ble Supreme Court for protecting the interest of the Scheduled Tribe community in the state of Goa,” he said. Sawant reiterated that government is committed to securing Assembly reservation for STs and said the legal impediments arising from court cases would be taken up with the Union government.
