PANJIM: Wishing Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on his completion of two years in office, Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat said his gift to Sawant is the bill he intends to move in the forthcoming Assembly session and hopes it gets passed in the session too.
He said, “The Goa Lokayukta Bill 2021 will empower the Goa Lokayukta with dignity and authority to eradicate corruption and stop illegalities. The bill once converted into an Act will make the Goa Lokayukta stronger.”
“The legacy of high handedness, dictatorship and mismanagement has continued in the BJP regime. The insensitive approach of the BJP government has resulted in gross irregularities and mass corruption in the State of Goa. This government has a rare honour of getting ‘Certificate of Corruption’ from Goa Lokayukta in almost 21 cases,” said Kamat.
“After grabbing power from the back door, the BJP government tried to destroy each and every independent institution. The Lokayukta Act was diluted to make the statutory body toothless. The government adopted all undemocratic methods to win power with chicanery in Zilla Panchayat elections, municipal elections etc. The government did not appoint chairman and other members on various bodies like Police Complaint Authority etc,” he added.
The former Chief Minister accused the BJP government of time and time again displaying their insensitive approach towards the common man and marginalised sector.
