panaji sahitya akademi awardee konkani author n shivdas on sunday criticised the state government for cancelling the goa konkani akademy award to late vishnu surya waghs collection of poems sudir sukt in 2017 after paying last respects to the mortal remains of wagh on sunday in ponda calangute mla from bjp michael lobo also said that wagh deserved a much higher place than was given to him in his time as a legislator of the bjpshivdas demanded that wagh should be given the award posthumouslyhe was a multifaceted personality who had all types of inherent arts and no other such person is present in goa today the state government should give the award to sudir sukt posthumously the poems express the painful experiences of the so called lower class of the society he saidthe state government had cancelled the goa konkani akademy awards citing irregularities in the procedures followed but some believe the awards had been cancelled as waghs sudir sukt was to be awarded the same and the poems had created controversy for the usage of derogatory language against the higher casteswagh was the voice of the bahujan samaj who has shown us how to express our sentiments through the medium of his literature state art and culture minister govind gaude said