Says financed Fatorda MLA’s film Jaagor
MARGAO, JAN 31
A day after he was described as the root cause of corruption in the state, PWD Minister Churchill Alemao on Monday demanded to know from the BJP since when he became a corrupt man saying the same leaders were singing praises of him in the last Assembly.
Using the platform of a Self Help Group Haldi Kukum function near the Maruti Temple at Rumdamol village, Alemao demanded to know from MLA Damu Naik whether he did not find him corrupt while taking lakhs of money as donation from him for his film Jaagor.
“I find it difficult to understand that the same Damu who spoke well of me in the Assembly and is now painting me a corrupt man. He took money from me for his film Jaagor. Did he not realize at that time that the money he was taking was from corruption?” Alemao said and demanded that Damu should tell how he produced the film with a budget worth lakhs of rupees.
The PWD minister came down heavily on the Fatorda MLA for criticizing him for distributing rice, dal and oil from corruption money. “Who is Damu to tell me not to give these items to the poor and the down trodden. I have been doing this throughout my life as my conscience tells me to help the people in need. I don’t find anything wrong in my gesture,” he asserted.
Saying that the Fatorda MLA has tabled a question in the Legislative Assembly on the distribution of water tanks, Alemao said he has an answer to the question, but demanded to know from the BJP what they had done during their tenure to solve the water problems facing the people.
Referring to the criticism that Navelim has not witnessed any development in the constituency in the last three and half years, Alemao said, “It is for the people to see and judge whether development has taken place or not in the constituency during my tenure. Besides the bridges, I tried to strengthen sanitation and water supply to the constituents. The development is there for everyone to see,” Alemao told the gathering and appealed to the people not to get misguided by false propaganda from the opposition.
“I don’t care for the leaders. I only fear God and the people. Only the people can decide whether I should continue to serve them or sit at home,” he added.
