PANJIM: The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee has written to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari demanding dismissal of Pramod Sawant-led government over its failure to handle the COVID-19 pandemic.
GPCC President Girish Chodankar in his letter to the Governor has pointed out that over 2,000 innocent Goans have died and continue to die for want of oxygen, ventilator beds, essential medicines and hospital beds.
“While all the Chief Ministers in the country took effective steps to control the pandemic through lock-down and curfews and by procuring not only essential drugs and all-important oxygen needed by the COVID affected people, our Chief Minister continued to ridicule us all.”
He created a false impression by telling the people that they need not be scared of the pandemic. His often repeated rhetoric that “Bhivpachi Garaj Naa” (no one need be afraid) created a sense of complacency among the people of Goa and invited everyone from the rest of the Country to come to Goa. Tourism Minister complimented the Chief Minister with his slogan ‘Show must go on’,” stated Chodankar .
Chodankar has also tried to draw the attention of the Governor over the tussle and public fight between Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Health Minister Vishwajit Rane.
The GPCC president stated that there is complete breakdown of the constitutional machinery as the present State government under incompetent Chief Minister has completely failed to perform their basic constitutional duty to protect basic fundamental right of the people enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India i.e Right to Life.
Chodankar has also drawn attention of the Governor of unpreparedness for Cyclone Tauktae, which was predicted much in advanced.
