PANJIM: Following Enforcement Directorate action against Soccorro sarpanch Sandeep Vazarkar, former Minister and Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte demanded resignation of Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant stating that it exposes the corrupt practices of the CM.
In a press statement here a day after the raid, Khaunte said, “It’s one more of the many examples of his corruption that I have been vociferous about. Everyone would recall that I was the first to raise my voice and initiate punitive measures against the accused Sandeep Vazarkar in the Serula issue.”
Despite this, the CM welcomed a tainted entity into the BJP just to gain one-upmanship in Porvorim constituency, Khaunte alleged.
Khaunte drew attention to the CM’s assurance in the Assembly that there will be a full scale investigation into all comunidade land grabbing and charged that the same CM welcomed Sandeep Vazarkar with great fanfare into the BJP “as he wanted such money laundering experts with him to further his true interests of making money through whatever means possible.”
“How he’s going to justify the fact that the NOC was issued against norms and that there was no State approval for the land transfer? Or is it that when the CM of the State is standing strongly with the accused, why’s the need for State approval…Wonder what is the reason why he’s not resigning at least on moral grounds considering his open liaison with the ED accused Vazarkar,” he asked.
