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PANJIM: Porvorim Independent MLA Rohan Khaunte has demanded that Chief Minister Pramod Sawant make his stand clear on Mhadei issue.
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Khaunte was reacting to the stand by Union Minister Prakash Javdekar who had refused to answer questions on Mhadei, pointing fingers at Sawant. Khaunte took a dig at CM stating that it is futile to ask Sawant to resign on moral grounds, as CM has no moral left.
“Entire Goa has lost confidence in CM but still he should express before Goans on Mhadei. Goans should unite together to ask CM his stand on Mhadei issue,” the MLA said.
Khaunte said that the way Javdekar reacted to a question by media persons on Mhadei was “totally unacceptable.”
“The minister cannot run away from the crucial question about water safety of Goans, survival of flora and fauna in Mhadei basin region. As we think of all these things, which we are very sensitive to us, Karnataka thinks of diverting the water in a reverse flow,” he said.
The ex-minister further alleged that to save his chair, CM is ready to compromise everything so that he can make his buck that he can at the cost of lives of Goans.
The MLA recalled the time when then CM Manohar Parrikar had led a delegation to Delhi to meet the then PM Manmohan Singh over Special Status issue. Khaunte indicated that he smells foul into the recent meeting of CM with PM Narendra Modi in Delhi.
“The modus operandi is exposed. PM calls CM, four days back to Delhi. We don’t know what transpired between them. CM does not talk about Mhadei but on mining because he has his own personal interest. If he had gone for the economic revival than he would have gone with the proper plan. There was no mention of Mhadei, Mollem; that indicates how much CM is bothered about Goa,” he added.
