Panaji, Aug 9 The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat today said, “The Bharatiya Janata Party leaders should leave Goa and settle in New Delhi. They have not only been rejected by the people of the state during the last assembly elections but also have not been of any use to the people, who elected them, during the hour of crisis that the state witnessed during the last week.”
The Chief Minister said that the BJP MLAs preferred to enjoy the comforts of five star luxury while the people were struggling to cope with the natural calamity (heavy rainfall) that struck the state last week rendering many homeless.
“This shows that they are interested in their own welfare rather than that of the people who elected them’” he added.
He was speaking at a function to observe the Quit India Movement Day, here.
He said that BJP’s only agenda was to grab power at any cost and that the BJP leaders have stooped to all time low to “fulfil” their desire to be in power. He further said that his government still enjoyed the majority in the House and that it would carry forward its work for the upliftment of common man.
Congress leaders, speaking on occasion, came down heavily on the BJP for attempting to dislodge the Congress-led government in the state, without either having mandate or any reason for making the attempt.
The Congress leaders also explained to the gathering the significance of the day and the contribution of the Congress party and its leaders in the fight for independence and subsequently in the liberation of Goa.
The Congress leaders also used the occasion to expose the misdeeds of the BJP (as part of launching a campaign to “reveal” its true face) during its rule and its attempts to dislodge the Congress-led government that had begun to work for the common man from the day Mr Digambar Kamat was sworn-in as the Chief Minister after June elections.
The Congress workers were urged to expose various misdeeds of BJP to the people.
The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president and the Home Minister, Mr Ravi Naik told the gathering that the Dhavalikar brothers (Mr Ramkrishna and Mr Pandurang who were part of the government) should explain to the people of the state as to why they decided to change their loyalty within a few hours.
The GPCC president wondered what made them change their minds even as he wondered whether it was because of his decision to re-open the Tanuja murder case. “They should explain to the people why they left the alliance government in a huff,” he added.
Other Congress leaders including Mr Dayanand Narvekar (Finance Minister), Mr Manohar Azgaonkar (Panchayat Minister), Mr Mauvin Godinho (Deputy Speaker), Mr Ramakant Khalap (former Union law minister), Mr Girish Chodankar, Mr M K Shaikh, Mr Shambubahu Bandekar and Mr Vishnu Wagh also spoke on the occasion.
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