MARGAO: Taking strong objection to the Aam Aadmi Party's call to liberate Goa from the political parties, TCP Minister Vijai Sardesai has said AAP leaders need to introspect how NOTA has polled two and half times more votes than the party in the Gujarat polls, exuding confidence that Goans will not believe in mobocracy, but only democracy.
Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the Goa Liberation Day programme at the district Collectorate, South, on Tuesday, the TCP Minister said, "The AAP leaders have given a call to liberate Goa from the political parties. Do these leaders believe in anarchy and mobocracy or in democracy."
He said the government has adopted many measures for the benefit of the common Goan, including mull Goenkars, while referring to the Bill passed in the just concluded Assembly waiving infrastructure tax on Goans building a house on a plot of 250 square metres. "This benefit will be available only to Goans. The Ladli Laxmi yardstick will be applicable for this scheme too, wherein the beneficiary and one of the parents ought to be born in Goa," he added.
On Elvis Gomes' allegation that casinoisation is taking place in Goa, Sardesai shot back, "Elvis is also my friend. But if he is talking about casinos the media should ask former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat who and how hotel Majestic had got license when former Union Minister Ambika Soni had objected to the casino. Is it not a fact that the classification of the hotel was changed to accommodate the casino. Ask Kamat and he will tell you who had done all this."
Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the Goa Liberation Day programme at the district Collectorate, South, on Tuesday, the TCP Minister said, "The AAP leaders have given a call to liberate Goa from the political parties. Do these leaders believe in anarchy and mobocracy or in democracy."
He said the government has adopted many measures for the benefit of the common Goan, including mull Goenkars, while referring to the Bill passed in the just concluded Assembly waiving infrastructure tax on Goans building a house on a plot of 250 square metres. "This benefit will be available only to Goans. The Ladli Laxmi yardstick will be applicable for this scheme too, wherein the beneficiary and one of the parents ought to be born in Goa," he added.
On Elvis Gomes' allegation that casinoisation is taking place in Goa, Sardesai shot back, "Elvis is also my friend. But if he is talking about casinos the media should ask former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat who and how hotel Majestic had got license when former Union Minister Ambika Soni had objected to the casino. Is it not a fact that the classification of the hotel was changed to accommodate the casino. Ask Kamat and he will tell you who had done all this."
