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MARGAO: “The party leaders will decide who should be the chief minister if Congress is asked to form government in Goa,” said former chief minister Digambar Kamat who scoffed at rumours about him being in the race for the post, but admitted that the administration is adversely affected.
Speaking to media persons, Digambar shot down all rumours about him being in race for the chief minister’s post. “I had said it then and I repeat that all these stories are being planted,” he said.
He shot down rumours that the Bharatiya Janata Party had offered to make him the chief minister if he joined the party. “I live in the present and do not look at the past nor foresee the future,” he said when asked what he would do if such an offer is made to him.
He said that he returned to Goa from Mumbai only last night and that he could not have been part of any meeting of Congress ex-chief ministers discussing the political affairs. There have been rumours that ex-chief ministers of Congress met in Ponda to take stock of the political situation.
Digambar said the Governor had apparently told the Congress leadership that she would give them an appointment when she returns to Goa and refused to react to the question whether the Governor’s absence was merely to defuse the political uncertainty presently prevailing.
However, he said that Goa badly needs a stable government as the administration has practically come to a standstill since there is nobody monitoring the situation on a regular basis. “For the last about three months the administration is in a bad shape as nobody is there to monitor it,” he said.
He argued that this does not augur well for the State which he said would start sliding if things continue in the same manner and said whatever is in the best interest of Goa and Goans need to be done.
