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PANJIM: A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the public and BJP workers in Goa, the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) criticised the statements made by the BJP national leader and also questioned his silence on other critical issues of Goa such as mining.
At a media briefing held on Friday, GPCC President Girish Chodankar mocked Shah for saying BJP will make ‘development in Goa beyond anyone’s expectations’. He also came down heavily on the misrule of BJP in the last ten years.
Chodankar was accompanied by Curtorim MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, media cell chairman Amarnath Panjikar and former MLA Agnelo Fernandes.
“Goans are well aware of the misdeeds of BJP and will never ever give a third chance to BJP who will eventually convert Goa into a coal hub, drug destination and crime hub while the identity of Goa will be completely erased by destroying the environment and nature. BJP wants to handover this beautiful State to the crony club of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” Chodankar alleged.
“BJP is responsible for the steep hike in fuel prices as well as inflation. The incompetent BJP government will not be able to fool the people anymore as their fake promises stand exposed. If the BJP had done development in the last 9 years, there would have been no need for Amit Shah to come to Goa begging for votes”, said Lourenco.
“After selling our lifeline mother Mhadei to Karnataka for political benefits, BJP in Goa will hand over all our rivers to the corporates. They will forcibly start the marina project at Nauxim. The port limits will kill the livelihoods of the fishermen community. They will manipulate the CZMP to pave the way for capitalists to take over Goa’s coastline,” Chodankar alleged further.
The Congress leaders demanded to know as to why Shah did not speak on mining resumption, death of COVID patients due to shortage of Oxygen, non-availability of Internet connection for students etc due to the failure of the State BJP government.
