As CM Dr Pramod Sawant blamed the Congress-led government of 2006 for the Mhadei fiasco, the Opposition demanded the immediate sacking of WRD Minister Filipe Nery Rodrigues, who was holding the Ministry at that time.
“If Chief Minister means what he says, he must immediately sack his Cabinet Minister Filipe Nery Rodrigues who was then WRD Minister,” Congress president Girish Chodankar said.
He also said that the Chief Minister should display guts and release a white paper on Mhadei with facts and figures. “Let the truth prevail,” he said, as he called the Chief Minister a “coward” running away from facing the truth.
Sharply reacting to the statement made by the Chief Minister on Monday, wherein he tried to blame the then Congress government for the Mhadei issue, Chodankar said, “Action of the government to file a contempt petition is a reaction to Congress agitation.”
