Panaji, February 24 MLA Viresh Borkar of the Revolutionary Goans Party, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike demanding the repeal of a provision in the Town and Country Planning Act, has been shifted to the hospital after his health deteriorated.
Opposition parties, led by Borkar, have been protesting at Azad Maidan here since Saturday, demanding the repeal of Section 39A of the Town and Country Planning Act, which allows the conversion of a non-settlement zone into a settlement zone, paving the way for construction activities.
Dr. Oscar Rebello, a private doctor, checked Borkar's health parameters on Monday night and advised that he be shifted to the hospital.
"His parameters are dropping and he requires immediate medical attention," Dr. Rebello told the protesters, after which Borkar was shifted to a nearby private hospital in Panaji city at night.
Earlier on Monday, hundreds of protesters marched to the private residence of the State Town and Country Planning Minister, Vishwajit Rane, in Dona Paula near here. They demonstrated outside the minister's house for hours before shifting their protest to Azad Maidan.
Several leaders, including Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao, AAP MLA Venzy Viegas and Goa Congress vice president Sunil Kawthankar, had joined the protest outside Rane's residence.
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday refused to concede to the demands, while expressing displeasure over the way the protest was held outside minister Rane's private residence.