MARGAO
Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat on Saturday demanded to know whether Chief Minister Pramod Sawant will now dare to take an all-party delegation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and lodge a strong protest over the manhandling of the Goan delegation to Mhadei by Karnataka.
He said that manhandling of the Goan delegation by Karnataka is a conspiracy of BJP governments in Goa and Karnataka to hide the truth that they compromised the interest of Goa & allowed Karnataka to divert water from Mhadei.
Saying that the lip service of condemning the act of Karnataka will not work, Kamat said the Goa government must immediately direct its legal team to petition the Supreme Court on the high handedness of Karnataka involving its Police.
“Unfortunately, the Goan Delegation which is part of Joint Inspection Team constituted under the directions of Supreme Court to check the actual status of water diversion of Mhadei was obstructed and stopped from conducting the inspection”, he added.
The Opposition leader charged that the BJP Governments both at Centre and State have repeatedly compromised the interest of Goa on Mother Mhadei. The reluctance of the Chief Minister to release White Paper on Mhadei and share communications between Goa Government and Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is with a fear of getting completely exposed”, he charged.
Kamat added: “We have maintained from day one that BJP Government after coming to power sold Goa,s Lifeline Mother Mhadei to Karnataka for political gains. We have been demanding that Goa Government must take All Party Delegation to the Prime Minister on Mhadei. But, the Chief Minister has always avoided acting.
