CANACONA
Accusing the Congress of not doing anything for Goa, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday challenged Congress leaders at the Centre and State to show those projects which the Congress at the Centre had brought for Goa from 2004 to 2014.
He was addressing the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Patra Abhiyan at Gaitonde Ground near the Mamletdar Office in Chaudi, shortly after the Lok Sabha polls were announced by the Election Commission of India.
Others present at the largely attended meeting included Social Welfare Minister Subhash Phal Dessai, Margao MLA Digambar Kamat, Speaker and Canacona MLA Ramesh Tawadkar, NRI Commissioner Narendra Sawaikar, former DyCM Babu Kavlekar and former MLA Damu Naik.
“All development in Goa was done by the BJP and during the NDA’s tenure, by double engine government at the Centre and State. I challenge Rahul Gandhi or even Francisco Sardinha or Yuri Alemao to provide details to the people of Goa as to what development they had brought to Goa during period of their governance at the Centre from 2004 to 2014,” said Sawant.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given development worth Rs 35,000 crore to Goa. Modi did a lot for the women of this nation like providing toilets, water, electricity and LPG cylinder gas to each household, skilling, Kisan Samman Nidhi and Garib Kalyan Yojana. All these were Modi’s guarantee. That’s why the people say “Dhanyawad Modi”.”
Expressing gratitude to PM Narendra Modi for announcing the central cabinet decision of political reservation for ST community in Goa, the chief minister also congratulated Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar for initiating the Punyadaan Yojana.
Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar said there would by development worth Rs 300 crore for Canacona in the next few years.
“A dairy project will be presented to the CM shortly. I guarantee a lead of over 10,000 votes from Canacona constituency in the Lok Sabha elections,” said Tawadkar.
Social Welfare Minister Subhash Phal Dessai, Margao MLA Digamber Kamat and Poinguinim Sarpanch Savita Tawadkar also addressed the gathering.
