Panaji (Goa): In Goa a controversy has erupted over the recent unveiling of a portrait of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, popularly known as Veer Savarkar in the state secretariat.

Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar on Wednesday said that the Goa government has insulted those leaders who worked hard for development work and helped in making Goa an independent state, by putting up a portrait of Savarkar in the state secretariat.