Goa, July 26 -- The Goa Legislative Assembly witnessed high drama on July 25, 2025, during a heated discussion on a private member's resolution moved by Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) MLA Viresh Borkar. The resolution sought to formally define the terms "Person of Goan Origin" and "Goans" through a clear legal framework to protect the rights and identity of native Goans.

Borkar argued that an updated and well-defined policy was crucial to ensure the welfare of local Goans and to counter demographic changes in the state. However, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant opposed the resolution, maintaining that existing laws-specifically the Government Gazette notification dated February 10, 1995, and the Goa Succession, Special Notaries and Inventor...