PANAJI
Aam Aadmi Party leader Advocate Amit Palekar demanded the dismissal of the Health Minister whom they alleged is the mind behind a huge job scam in the health sector, stated a press release.
Palekar said, "If the BJP government is a little ashamed, then they should sack the ministers involved in the job scam from their position".
Palekar was talking in the Mahasabha held in Porvorim on Saturday along with AAP Porvorim leader Ritesh Chodankar and other AAP leaders, where around 5,000 people were gathered.
Palekar stated that CM Pramod Sawant kept on hold the recruitment after AAP exposed the job scam in the PWD sector.
He further said, "CM Sawant is afraid of the Health Minister, therefore has not set up an inquiry committee to investigate the matter. He has done huge scams in the health, PWD, IPHB and Food and Drugs Department. The government should sack him immediately, who has been playing with the future of the youth of Goa".
Palekar who launched a hotline to report bribery during AAP's Mahasabha held at Navelim stated that AAP has received thousands of calls on the bribery matter and received a haul of videos as well. With the help of this, AAP will systematically probe and has made preparations to send the ministers involved in the job scam to jail, stated the press release.
Earlier, Palekar had alleged that no process has been followed during recruitment and that people have been appointed before appointment letters are issued. He had also claimed that 95 per cent of the jobs were given to people from Chief Minister's Sankhali constituency and the Health Minister's Valpoi constituency.
AAP leader Ritesh Chodankar said, "After all these scams and scandals, there is no doubt that the BJP government will fall in this election. Goans are fed up with both national parties and looking forward to AAP with hope. It is the result of Kejriwal's development vision for the state and his guarantees that the confidence of Goans is growing rapidly in AAP".
He further said, "Currently, unemployment is the biggest issue Goa has been facing. Due to the lockdown, tourism dependents had lost their source of income as no tourists were coming in. The present government has done nothing to support them. Mining dependent families have been facing severe challenges due to the closure of the mining sector".
