SANTA CRUZ, Jan. 12 -- In a defiant show of grassroots resist ance, a wave of Chimbel residents laid siege to the private residences of their local representatives - St Cruz MLA Rudolf Fernandes and later Zilla Panchayat member Gauri Kamat - demanding the absolute scrapping of the controver sial Unity Mall project. The protesters on Sunday danced and raised slogans against the government and the local MLA, seeking a clear stand on whether he supported their opposition to the project. The villagers also chanted slogans such as "Yo yo begin yo, rudrap pa begin yo." As the demonstrators ad vanced towards the MLA's residence, they broke through a police cordon, leading to a brief confron tation with police person nel deployed at the spot. The...