MARGAO, May 8 -- In what could be seen as a clear case of appeasing the voters, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday morning paid a surprise visit to migrant-inhabited Moti Dongor, Margao, and claimed that the Muslim community was very much with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

However, the Opposition charged that the CM had gone there to appease the Muslims and alleged that this created a fear psychosis in the minds of the minorities residing at Moti Dongor.

The Opposition dared Kamat to ask the Chief Minister to visit the State's commercial capital instead.

Sawant was seen taking stock of the situation at Moti Dongor along with Margao MLA Digambar Kamat.

After visiting Moti Dongor, Sawant later told reporters that members of the...