THE GOAN NETWORK
PANAJI
The opposition Congress has accused the ruling government of bankrupting the state, a collapse of rule of law, red-tapism among other transgressions.
Offering his year-end "stock-taking" performance review of the state government, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Shantaram Naik says that the state is on the brink of "collapse."
"[The] BJP has betrayed Goans on [the] Mhadei issue, colluded with Adani group on [the] coal issue, succumbed to the pressures of Union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari on nationalisation of rivers issue, failed and neglected to prepare [a] Regional Plan, took economy of the State to bankruptcy and put Goa in a debt trap, did a fiasco on desecration issue and did total bungling on recruitment issue," Shantaram Naik said.
"The state's fiscal deficit has also shown an increasing trend under the BJP government, which has increased from ₹1137.36 crore in 2012-13 to ₹2001.83 crore in 2016-17 all these factors indicate that Goa is virtually in debt trap," Naik said.
Referring to red-tapism, Naik said that the PWD department "has collapsed" with construction files of roads and buildings remained entangled in procedural red tape and the victim of a scarcity of funds with the government.
[The] Investment Promotion Board is ridden with corruption with, [the] so-called upright man Manohar Parrikar, appearing to have become a helpless creature," Naik said.
"In Goa, proceedings in District Courts, Civil Courts, Revenue Courts like Collectors Mamlatdars, still take ten years and upwards for disposals and no simplification of laws or procedures, has taken place and litigants still go from pillar to post in Goa in search of justice with the CM, who encompasses all portfolios, including Law and Justice," he added.
