PANAJI:
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday condemned the leaders of its former ally Goa Forward Party for holding a meet at the site where late Manohar Parrikar was cremated at Miramar for political gains.
“The Goa forward party leaders have used the Manohar Parrikar Samadhi for cheap political gains and have destroyed the sanctity of the place,” said General Secretary of the party Damu Naik.
It may recalled that after the three Goa Forward leaders were unceremoniously sacked from the cabinet, the GF leaders along with their supporters on Saturday held a protest meet while the new ministers were being sworn in at the Raj Bhavan.
Independent MLA Rohan Khaunte who was also dropped from the cabinet, was also in attendance at the meet where former Deputy CM Vijai Sardesai said the induction of ten Congress MLAs into the BJP was the death of the legacy of Parrikar.
Reacting to this statement, BJP leader Damu Naik said the late Parrikar was a tall leader not only of Goa but the country as well. He said GF leaders using the name of Parrikar for their political selfishness was condemnable.
It is true that Parrikar and Sardesai had made a political contract but conditions of contract between Parrikar and Vijai were broken when Vijai bargained for Deputy Chief Minister and additional portfolios in lieu of support to the new Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Naik alleged.
In fact Vijai should accept the fact that the political combination changes with time and circumstances.
"How does Vijai expect the political combination to remain the same as it was at the time of Parrikar," Naik said, and alleged that Goa Forward leaders betrayed BJP and did not work during the Lok Sabha elections for the victory of the candidates in South Goa.
Picture would have been different if the GF leaders had worked in South Goa, said Naik.
He said, it is only BJP that will take forward the legacy of Manohar Parrikar and Goa Forward does not have any moral right in that respect.
He said, the leaders of BJP will expose Vijai and all other leaders in the near future.
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