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Goa CM To Agitating Nurses: Don't Protest In The Hot Sun, It'll Make You Dark & Ruin Your Marriage Prospects

'Don't Protest In The Hot Sun, It'll Make You Dark, Ruin Marriage Prospects': Goa CM To Agitating Nurses
NEW DELHI, INDIA - NOVEMBER 9: Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar (R) shake hands with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh during the swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet ministers at Rashtrapati Bhavan, on November 9, 2014 in New Delhi, India. With 21 new faces inducted into Prime Minister Narendra Modi Council of Ministers on Sunday, the strength of his team now stands at 66. This is the first expansion since Modi took oath with 45 ministers on May 26. (Photo by Arvind Yadav/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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NEW DELHI, INDIA - NOVEMBER 9: Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar (R) shake hands with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh during the swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet ministers at Rashtrapati Bhavan, on November 9, 2014 in New Delhi, India. With 21 new faces inducted into Prime Minister Narendra Modi Council of Ministers on Sunday, the strength of his team now stands at 66. This is the first expansion since Modi took oath with 45 ministers on May 26. (Photo by Arvind Yadav/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

PANAJI — In a remark that could create yet another storm of controversies, Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Tuesday allegedly advised a group of agitating nurses that they should not stage a hunger strike in the hot sun because it will make them "dark" and "ruin their marital prospects".

"When we met the Chief Minister over our demands at Ponda today, he said the girls should not sit on hunger strike in hot sun as their complexion will become dark and they will not find a good groom," said Anusha Sawant, one of the nurses. "The comment was unwarranted. We expect the CM to meet our demands if he is really worried about us," she added.

Parsekar was not available for reaction.

"We have no idea whether any statement was made but we don't think he would say something like that," said an official in the CM's office.

In Goa, the nurses and others workers attached to 108 ambulance service, a government-approved facility run by a private firm, are on hunger strike for the last few days.

They allege that the firm makes available only 13 ambulances, though it is being paid for 33. Their representatives have met Parsekar twice so far and have now decided to confront him at every public function he attends.

"We also want to create awareness about the fraud committed by the company in connivance with government officials," said Hridaynath Shirodkar, working president of Goa unit of Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh.

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