PANAJI: Raising serious doubts over the recent deaths in the state due to respiratory distress,

on Thursday said that the state

government

could not be trusted. In order to keep a watch over the measures being taken to combat the spread of the novel

(Covid-19), the

ally has also decided to form a multi-disciplinary coronavirus think tank.

“Goa Forward Party is in the process of urgently constituting a multi-disciplinary covid think tank made up of professionals from varied disciplines with the express mandate to examine evolving issues related to Covid-19 and suggest ways and means to address them keeping in mind the specific socio-politico-economic-cultural context of Goa,” said GFP president

.

GFP said it is deeply concerned with the “complete disarray” in Goa, especially the “atrocious decisions” taken to combat the pandemic.

“Serious questions are raised with regard to some recent deaths in

particularly the death of a 38-year-old man who returned from the US yesterday alluding to attempts by the government at suppression of facts and misleading of the Goan public,” said Sardesai.

GFP also said that the government’s objective behind the house-to-house survey is still not clear and it could lead to community transmission of the deadly virus. The party also described the operation to evacuate seafarers stuck on cruise vessels a ticking time bomb. “The repeated empty promises and tomfoolery indulged in by the government has proven without doubt the impotency and irrelevancy of the leadership of the Goa government and the BJP leadership in Goa,” said Sardesai.

Speaking about the role that the party’s think tank will play, Sardesai said that the team of professionals will keep a check on the preventive, containment and remedial measures adopted by the government. The think tank will also study global best practices adopted to combat the coronavirus. “Accordingly the think tank will reflect and suggest the relevant preventive, containment and remedial practices and measures relevant for the specific socio-politico-economic-cultural context of Goa,” said Sardesai.