“The Minister is behind this (legal notice) with the CM’s blessings. The victim, who I do not know, has said that she is poor (in the notice). The notice calls her Mrs. X. If the victim is poor, then how is she able to hire a Mumbai-based law firm,” Chodankar told a press conference in Panaji. The notice has claimed that the victim hails from Bihar.”This is a clear case wherein the Minister is using intimidation tactics. He is trying to pressurise me to not release the evidence. We are not scared of such threats,” Chodankar also said.On November 30, Chodankar in a press conference had alleged that a cabinet minister (without naming) in the BJP-led coalition government had sexually exploited a woman and further alleged that Chief Minister Pramod Sawant was using the Goa Police to destroy evidence connected to the case.Chodankar had claimed that the video, audio and Whatsapp messages suggested sexual exploitation of a woman by the Minister.He had also said that if the BJP-led coalition government did not take action against the Minister, the party would release the evidence in the public domain ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Goa on December 19.
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