Margao – The Government in power must show guts to change its own decisions & respect peoples sentiments. There is no point in pointing fingures on others, when the party in power has all the avenues available to put things in order to protect the identity of Goa stated Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat.
Congress Party has always respected Public Sentiments & have always taken pro-active steps to protect Identity of Goa . My letter as
then CM dtd. 09/11/2009 to then Union Minister for Environment & Forest Jairam Ramesh makes Congress Party’s stand crystal clear on the Coal issue in Goa Digambar Kamat said.
I once again reiterate my demand that Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant must immediately release White Papers on Mhadei, Coal Handling and Transportation, Three Linear Projects passing through Wildlife Sanctuaries, Covid Pandemic and Finances of Goa. I once again demand that the Government must call a full fledged Assembly Session to discuss on all the Core Issues which are now facing opposition from across the State. Let people know the truth with facts and figures charged Digambar Kamat.
Congress Government has always respected the sentiments of the Goans and have never tried to supress the voice of the people. Our then CM Pratapsingh Rane scrapped the Regional Plan, SEZ’s were scrapped during my tenure. I respected parents sentiments on Medium of Instruction issue Digambar Kamat said.
Keeping in mind the long term vision for all round development of the State, We constituted the Goa Golden Jubilee Committee under Chairmanship of noted scientist Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar. The committee consisting of experts from various fields prepared Goa Vision -2035 document, Unfortunately the BJP Government which came to power in 2012 shelved the report. Goenche Daiz scheme initiated by me to help the small time traditional occupations like Khajekars,Kakonkars, Fulkars, Gold Artisans, Renders, Poders etc was also shelved by the Government.
Today, after my continuous followup, the Chief Minister has now taken some steps to re-activate the Optic Fibre based Intranet Network facility for online education which had already reached every Panchayat in Goa. Goa will always remain indebted to our then PM Dr. Manmohan Singh who gifted the project to Goa said Digambar Kamat.
The BJP is in power at the Centre as well as the State. Our then PM Dr. Manmohan Singh agreed to Goa’s request and constituted Mhadei Water Tribunal. Today, the Prime Minister is not ready to meet all party delegation from Goa, This is unfortunate said Digambar Kamat.