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Waste Management Minister Michael Lobo said the current chief minister was working very hard to fulfil former chief minister late Manohar Parrikar’s vision for Goa, but the vacuum created by the passing away of the latter still exists.
“The vacuum created after Parrikar passed away is still being felt. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant is working hard. He works 14-15 hours a day to see that whatever dreams Parrikar had for Goa and Goans can be fulfilled. We are also working with him,” Lobo said.
The Waste Management Minister was addressing a gathering of BJP karyakartas after the installation of the new BJP Mandal in Calangute constituency.
Turning a little nostalgic, Lobo said Parrikar had many plans to do something good for Goa but God gave him less time. “If he had worked with the speed he was working, a lot of things would have happened in Goa (if he had a little more time on this earth). I am praying that Parrikar gets a place in the heavenly abode and he may pray for us and Goa,” Lobo said.
“But I am sure he’s watching and guiding us. We will take his legacy ahead and see that Goa is led in the direction he wanted it to be led,” he added.
The Calangute MLA also hinted that the resource crunch was affecting employment prospects in the State.
“Whatever has to be done for our youth towards self-employment will be done. We are not promising government jobs. There are over 1,500 jobs for the taking. But if we announce the vacancies there has to be enough cash flow. But cash flow has been blocked due to closure of mining,” he said.
The new BJP Mandal is made up of 31 members headed by Josephine D’Souza and three vice presidents Francis Rodrigues (Calangute Sarpanch), Gurudas Malvankar and Ishika Haldankar. Sudesh Mayekar and Sonia Dabholkar have been elected as general secretary and Ashley Vaz as secretary.
GTDC Chairman and Mandrem MLA, Dayanand Sopte, and former WRD minister, Dayanand Mandrekar, also spoke on the occasion.
