MARGAO
Leader of Opposition, Digambar Kamat on Tuesday made a plea to keep the holy places away from the corrupt BJP government, as he charged Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant of trying to divert attention from the core issues realizing imminent defeat in the coming polls.
Asserting that it took nine long years for BJP Government to commission the South Goa District Hospital, the project initiated by the Congress government, Kamat said the projects of BJP government like Atal Setu and Canacona bypass have become “monuments of corruption. “Let us keep the holy places away from the corrupt BJP,” he said.
Reacting to the statement made by Chief Minister on building temples destroyed by the Portuguese, the Opposition leader charged that BJP government will not even spare Gods in its mission of making fortunes.
“People of Goa have watched the performance of the failed and corrupt BJP in the last ten years. They failed to maintain decorum in the Temple of Democracy. They murdered democracy by resorting to late-night deals of stealing people’s mandate,” Kamat said.
He added: “There is a need to build confidence among the educated youth by giving them job opportunities on merit. Chief Minister must build confidence among women on their safety and security and putting a full stop to atrocities against them.”
Kamat said, “It is also important to build hospitals to provide proper healthcare to the people. The time has come to build proper network connectivity, roads without potholes. BJP Government failed to build the much-needed Margao and Mapusa bus stands. They failed to build Ravindra Bhavan in Mapusa. The Kala Bhavan at Sancoale remains shut for the last ten years”, pointed out Kamat.
People of Goa will not get carried away with the jumla announcements of the BJP. Congress party will form the next government, he added.
Ex-MMC chief says his remark can create divide in peace-loving Goa
MARGAO: Former Margao Municipal Council chairperson Savio Coutinho has said it is indeed very unfortunate that the Chief Minister of Goa could come out with such a provocative statement that appears to be an attempt to create a vertical divide within communities in a peaceful state like Goa.
“It would be much of a welcome if the Chief Minister, instead, could speed up the process of demolition of the illegal construction in the heritage zone at Old Goa,” Coutinho said.
He added: “Needless to say; this statement of the Chief Minister is a desperate attempt to polarize a certain community with an eye on the forthcoming Assembly elections. But it will never work. How can the Chief Minister forget that we are celebrating 60 years of Liberation, a struggle fought together by all Goans, irrespective of religion. Goans continue to live in peace and harmony. His statement was shameful.”
