Goa, Aug. 1 -- Food safety took centre-stage in the Assembly, with Curtorim MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco raising concerns about adulteration and its link to rising cancer cases. In response, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane assured the House that the department was doing a commendable job, but cautioned Lourenco with a wry smile: "Be careful, you've got a big social media following... I'm not joking."

Things got spicier when Reginaldo pressed for specifics- like what is the state of chicken in a chicken nugget. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant got into the act, reminding the House that it's Shravan-a sacred, strictly vegetarian month. Reginaldo, unfazed, insisted, "I was not joking."Let's just hope the food safety authorities aren't either. ...