PANJIM, Sept. 29 -- As a part of nation-wide protest against the controversial agricultural reform bills passed by the Parliament recently, hundreds of farmers led by Goa Congress unit on Monday marched to Raj Bhavan, Dona Paula, demanding that the bills be withdrawn and repealed.

The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) held a massive rally to the Raj Bhavan and submitted a memorandum to the President of India Ram Nath Kovind through Goa Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, seeking his intervention. The protest was led by GPCC President Girish Chodankar and Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat.

Speaking to the media persons, Kamat said that the Congress which was earlier demanding that President should not give its assent to the bill now wa...