MARGAO
Goa Forward Chief Vijai Sardesai on Friday demanded to know why Chief Minister Pramod Sawant does not consider people’s sentiments and scrap the coal and linear projects too.
Demanding that the Chief Minister should tell why he brought the IIT at Melauli when Sanguem MLA Prasad Gaonkar and citizens of Sanguem supported it there, Sardesai said the villagers of Shel-Melauli with their unity have shown this government that it can be brought down on its knees.
He further said that the CM very well knew that if the government had gone ahead with the IIT project, Vishwajit Rane would have defeated him. “In 2022 assembly polls Sawant needs Vishwajit to save his fort at Sanquelim. That’s the reason CM has taken this U-turn.It is more about political survival in his home borough than sentiments of the people,” he added.
Reminding that he had earlier asked for a white paper on the IIT project, he demanded to know why an area admeasuring 10 lakh sq mtrs should be given for IIT and how would it benefit Goa and Goans.
To a question on opposition brewing against all the projects in the state, Sardesai said, “After Parrikar’s death show me one good project that this government has brought in.”
