THE GOAN NETWORK
PANAJI
Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Milind Deora said that Goa would have become a logistic hub, had the BJP government taken some efforts, but nothing has been done by BJP.
Addressing a press conference in Panaji on Tuesday, he said that the BJP failed to create a logistic hub, create employment and protect the environment of Goa.
Panaji candidate Elvis Gomes, Sunil Kawthankar and others were present on the occasion.
“Goa enjoys the coastal advantage. It would have become an important logistic hub. But it has not been done, unfortunately. Goa ranks last in logistic ease across states,” he lamented.
“Mining was a major help to the coffers of governments. However mining is banned. BJP is extending the deadlines of mining resumption and they have been promising it every election. We promise the people of Goa to start in an environmentally sustainable way,” Deora said.
He said that during the UPA government, the global financial crisis had hit and trade was affected. “We made sure under the guidance of Rahul Gandhi that MPT functioned during that period. We also made sure that dock workers’ salaries were paid,” he said.
“Today what has been done for maritime infrastructure and in the field of logistics,’’ he questioned and said that Goa would have become an important coastal hub, had the BJP taken some steps.
Adding that Congress didn’t do alliance with parties who have come on the eve of elections and who have already collapsed, he said, “People of Goa will give a strong mandate to Congress as people want change.”
