PANJIM: Alleging that the BJP government is practicing ‘Mission Total Commission’ formula in the State by harassing PWD contractors, the opposition will write to ‘Competition of Commission of India’ to investigate corruption involved.
Congress General Secretary Vijay Bhike on Saturday charged that ‘total commission’ BJP government is engaged in corruption since last many years.
“People of Karnataka have shown the door to BJP MLAs because of rampant corruption, which was known as ‘40 per cent Sarkar’. In Goa, it is ‘total commission’,” he said alleging that “commission is demanded from PWD contractors”.
“PWD contractors invest their own money to get the work done. However, they are harassed and commission is demanded from them. Tender rules are flouted for the sake of commission,” he said.
Stating that the government departments have gone on silent mode, Bhike said that most of the ongoing works are in slow pace and on field, no work is seen in completion mode. Due to this, people are suffering.
He said that the Congress will write to the Competition of Commission of India, Delhi, to investigate all the alleged corruption taking place in the PWD and harassment meted out to contractors.
Demanding clarification from the government, he asked why Central agencies are not investigating such things, where they can nab many persons involved in corruption.
Replying to a question, Bhike said that contractors are afraid to raise their voice as government suppresses them. Since contractors give commission, they are forced to do substandard work and use domestic cooking gas for welding and fabrication purposes to save money. Once the monsoon starts, corruption of Smart City projects will be exposed in Panjim, he added.
North Goa District Youth Congress President Rinaldo Rosario said that double engine government has failed to create jobs. “Unemployment rate for January is 16.5 percent. Many youths are unemployed and government has not taken this issue seriously. This has forced youths to leave State and find jobs outside,” he said.
When contacted, PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral declined to react to Congress and said that he will explain in detail refuting Congress charges on Monday.
