New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- Congress general secretary in-charge K C Venugopal on Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Goa of putting the state's land, environment, heritage and identity at risk, asserting that the Congress's Goy Rakhonn Yatra beginning on September 22 would seek to mobilise people to "protect Goa from the BJP".

Venugopal alleged that nearly 1 crore sq.m. of land had been taken away from Goans over the past decade and handed over to builders and industrialists 'close to the BJP'. "We are seeing a wholesale auction of every inch of Goan land," he said in a sttement, accusing the ruling party of allowing the state's resources and identity to be eroded.

He also targeted the BJP government over law and order, wo...