MARGAO: Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat on Monday stated that if listening to suffering of people, respecting martyrs and addressing Congress workers is political tourism, party leader Rahul Gandhi will do it again and again. He accused State government of failing to provide social and financial security to the Goans in the last 10 years,
He also alleged that the insensitive BJP government compelled Goans to face financial emergency by pushing the State into bankruptcy.
Reacting to the comments made by Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant and other leaders of the BJP who had termed the visit of Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi as political tourism, Leader of Opposition Kamat charged the BJP government for its failures to listen to the voice of the people, thus in a way compelling Rahul to visit them and listen to their grievances.
“Congress Party was established much before the irresponsible BJP leaders making irresponsible statements was even born. All of them must read the history books before making any such statements.
LoP said National leaders of Congress have always respected the sentiments and emotions of the people of Goa. Sonia Gandhi allowed the scrapping of three Special Economic Zones (SEZ) by respecting the sentiments of the Goans.
“Our leader Rahul Gandhi has now committed to the people to scrap the Three Linear Project and stop Goa getting converted into a coal hub. We always fulfilled our promises and continue to do so in the future,” said Digambar.
Further, he charged, “The Chief Minister did not term the visits of the BJP leaders as political tourism because in reality all the BJP leaders who visited Goa in last 10 years for ‘political propaganda’ came to enjoy at the cost of Goan tax payers money as most of them were hosted by the BJP government in Goa.”
