Team Herald
PANJIM: The Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavalekar has called for an emergency Congress Legislative Party (CLP) meeting on Friday to discuss on the complete administrative collapse under BJP-led coalition government in the absence of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.
Parrikar, who is ailing since February, is currently undergoing treatment in USA and is expected to be back in the third week of May.
The CLP along with the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) had earlier this week called on Goa Governor Dr Mridula Sinha demanding that all the decisions taken by the Government, in absence of Chief Minister, except those retained on humanitarian grounds, be quashed and set aside as the administrative powers accorded to Cabinet Advisory Committee (CAC) are unconstitutional.
“The CLP will discuss in detail and resolve further course of action on the State government’s administrative failure. If you see, more than two months after Supreme Court passed order on mining issue, the government has failed to work out any solution to the crisis. The CAC has failed to handle the issue. Hundreds of people have been retrenched by the mining companies. But the government is silent,” Kavalekar told Herald.
Kavalekar said that in absence of the chief minister there is a complete failure and negligence to implement and carry out developmental and infrastructural activities across various constituencies.
“No developmental work has been carried out in any constituency, and more specifically those represented by the Opposition. Our proposals are kept pending for a year now,” he said.
“This also clearly indicates that Government has no finance to fund the projects and works,” he added.
The meeting will also discuss the increasing unrest and protest across the State over government’s decision to revive the Regional Plan 2021.
