After a stormy session in the first few days of the monsoon session of the Goa Assembly, there were fireworks with questions from the opposition to the ruling party. According to them, the government spent almost Rs 182 crore on broadband connection services in 2019 under a completed contract with the service provider United Telecom Services. However, the same was renewed despite CAG reports of poor and unstable connectivity in the services. The question raised was that the contract was renewed without any house approval, as it was tabled and passed at the last moment as a table note. The government received Rs 12 crore as a share through GWave.
Another issue was the land transfer at Zuari Industrial Area. The said land was given to Zuari Industries during the time of Babu Narayan Bandodkar. Now that the area is available, the question was raised about the sale of land for commercial and settlement purposes. The minister gave assurance that the land will not be sold to anyone for commercial purposes. The present assembly has witnessed many questions, in which the government had to provide replies as the opposition seems to have done a thorough study before raising the same. The government should be prepared to give suitable and fact-based replies.
