Panaji, February 24 Viresh Borkar, an MLA from the Revolutionary Goans Party, rejoined the protest on Tuesday against the alleged misuse of a section in the Town and Country Planning Act to convert a tribal area into a "settlement zone".
The agitation, which began on February 20, is now in its fourth day.
On Saturday, Borkar, who had launched a hunger strike, was allegedly dragged and assaulted by the police. He was taken to a private hospital on Monday night after his health deteriorated during his indefinite fast.
Speaking to reporters, RGP president Manoj Parab said that the MLA refused to stay in the hospital and rejoined the protest at Azad Maidan.
"Borkar has stated that he will not withdraw the agitation until section 39A of the Town and Country Planning Act is repealed," he said.
Protesters have claimed that 84,000 square metres of land in the Palem-Siridao village in the St Andre Assembly constituency in North Goa was converted into a settlement zone from non-settlement areas by the TCP department by misusing provisions in section 39A of the Act.
The protests against the Act began on February 20 when a group of villagers from Palem-Siridao marched to the office of the TCP department, alleging that the hills in their village were being converted under this controversial section.
Protesters on Monday marched to the house of TCP Minister Vishwajit Rane at Dona Paula, near Panaji.
After protesting in front of his house for almost three hours, they returned to Azad Maidan at night.
