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MAPUSA: Former Union law minister Ramakant Khalap has criticised Lok Sabha MPs Shripad Naik and Narendra Sawaikar for failing to espouse the aspirations of Goa in the Parliament.
He said that in the last five years, Goa had no voice in the Parliament either from North or South.
“If the elected MPs remain silent, then, there is no use of electing them to the House. Both the elected MPs are not fit to be elected as they have failed to utilize the MPLAD funds effectively. Under the Adarsh Gram Yojana also we have not seen any development undertaken in the villages adopted under this scheme. They have not even raised the issue of resumption of mining in the House,” Khalap said addressing a press briefing at Mapusa Congress Office, on Saturday.
He expressed confidence that Congress would emerge victorious in the by-polls as well as the Lok Sabha elections.
He strongly condemned the statement made by former chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar to stop grant-in-aid to Mandrem College stating that such kind of a statement was totally unacceptable.
“Despite people’s support and court judgment to give affiliation, the government has failed to give this college grant-in-aid,” Khalap said.
