Herald: You have accused Reginaldo of involvement in a harvester scam. Why? Pacheco: A subsidy of Rs 18 lakh has been availed off by farmers who have used the harvesters for two years. Farmers were told to sign the forms and the timings of harvester operations were increased. In some cases, they were showing harvesters running from 8 am to 8 pm. Herald: You have accused your MLA colleagues for being a part of the underfire Curtorim hotel project. Why? Pacheco: The confusion about the whole thing is not about the legality or the illegality of the project. But it is about the selling of land to Goans or non Goans. And the issue is whether the entire land was developed for a hotel project or not.
HARVESTERS’ OPERATION TIMINGS WERE INFLATED: MICKKY
The Goa Vikas Party supreme fires a round at the Congress firebrand Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco accusing him of inflating harvester operation timings and forcing farmers to claim huge subsidies. He digs his heels in and tells Herald that the issue about the Curtorim hotel project is not about its legality or illegality, but about the issue of land sale to non Goans, which mocks at the face of the MLA who traditionally bats for Goa.
